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For the fifth consecutive year, flooding is occurring in Pakistan as crops are ready for harvest.

MY 2014/15 (Aug/July) rainy season started normally in May for most selected countries but a long pause during June and July could reduce countries’ initial targets.

Post forecasts Brazil’s Marketing Year (MY) 2014/15 cotton area to drop by about 11 percent to one million hectares, compared to the previous MY.

Since January 2014, the Burkinabe National Biosafety Agency (NBA) has been converting the status of the organization to a technical and scientific public institution (EPSET) for greater autonomy.

Post’s MY14/15 forecast for cotton production remains unchanged from the previous 6.5 million tons.

Pakistan’s 2014/15 cotton production is forecast 500,000 480 lb bales higher at 10.0 million bales.

The MY 2014 Turkish cotton crop is forecast at 430,000 hectares and 680,000 MT (3.1 million bales).

FAS Mumbai forecasts MY2014/15 production at 29.5 million 480 lb bales and planted area at 12.1 million hectares.

Post forecasts MY14/15 lint production at 4.3 million bales. Generally favorable weather conditions are countered by irrigation water deficit in the South and some pest problems in several regions.

In the past decade, India has emerged as a major agricultural exporter, with exports climbing from just over $5 billion in 2003 to a record of more than $39 billion in 2013.

Minister of Science and Technology approved revised regulations that will create a positive environment for seed companies to start research.

The U.S-Mexico ag trade relationship is broad and deep, with opportunities to further integrate our rural economies while supplying desired products to consumers in both countries year-round.