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FAS Mumbai forecasts MY 2017/18 cotton production at 30.1 million 480 lb. bales on acreage slightly over 12.2 million hectares.

Higher cotton prices in MY16/17 and continued government support to cotton production stimulated the recovery of Chinese cotton planted area in MY17/18, up 5.9 percent to 3.12 million hectares....

Pakistan’s 2017/18 cotton production is forecast at 9.0 million 480 lb bales, down slightly from the current USDA estimate due to a slight reduction in area as projected yields are largely unchanged.

On August 2, 2017, the Turkish Government Official Gazette published the Biosafety Board Decisions on genetically engineered feed imports.

News on developments in agriculture and food in Egypt.

For MY 2016/17 (August to July) total cotton production for Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal is estimated to rise 18 percent to 1.8 million metric tons (MMT) due to higher area....

A number of Cooperators held promotional events in May 2017, including the California Olive Oil Council, which is the most recent Cooperator to arrive in the Japanese market.

Post revised the MY 2017/18 cotton production forecast to 29 million 480 lb. bales based upon prospects of a normal monsoon.

Cotton lint production in Zimbabwe is expected to increase by 62 percent to73,000 MT in the 2017/18 MY, due to the government’s free inputs support program that targets smallholder farmers.

Cooperators held a number of promotional events across Japan in May 2017, including the most recent Cooperator to enter the Japanese market, the California Olive Oil Council (COOC).

For MY 2016/17 (August to July) total cotton production for Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal is estimated to rise 18 percent to 1.8 million metric tons (MMT) due to higher area....

Post forecast marketing year (MY) 2017/18 total cotton production in Mexico up to 1.035 million bales, due to increased planting areas.