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The Post/New marketing year (MY) 2016/17 forecast for coffee production is 2.3 million 60/kg bags.

Post revises down 2016 Argentine milk output to 10.39 million tons (equivalent to 10.094 million liters) as result of severe weather damage, an increase in production costs, and low farm gate prices.

USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and the Southern Pine Council (SPC) held a capacity building seminar with three U.S. southern yellow pine experts.

Weather conditions such as low spring temperatures, high summer temperatures and rain affected grape production during MY 2015/16.

Argentine sugar production for marketing year 2016/17 is projected at 2.1 million tons (raw basis), similar to the previous two crop seasons.

Ecuador’s coffee production in MY 2016/17 is forecast at 201,000 bags (60-kg per bag) on a Green Bean Equivalent basis, down 16,000 bags or seven percent lower from the MY 2015/16 estimate.

Post recruited five Chilean organic & natural products importers to the Natural Product Expo East (NPEE) Show 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland to develop trade opportunities.

Post forecast overall sugar production of 510,000 MT during Marketing Year 2016/17 (MY 2016/17).

As of April 4, 2016 all halal claims on food labels, packaging and advertising materials will need to be accompanied by the name of the organization or person that certified it as halal.

Many large Canadian food and beverage shows take place in the late winter and early spring.

Post forecasts 2016/17 production area at 1.1 million hectares, a decrease of 8 percent from Post’s area estimate of 15/16.

According to Statistics Canada planting intentions and assuming average yields, Post forecast total production of wheat, barley, corn and oats to reach 53.6 million metric tons (MMT) in 2016/2017.