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Rice consumption continues to decline due to a shrinking population and reductions in per capita consumption.

Corn production in 2019/20 is up 20 million tons from July’s projection to 250 million tons, as area harvested and yield are adjusted higher.

Egypt wheat production is still forecast at 8.77 MMT in MY 2019/20, up from 8.45 MMT in MY 2018/19 due to expansion of total area harvested.

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) confirmed Japan’s first outbreak of Spodoptera frugiperda, or Fall Armyworm (FAW).

While a dry spell caused marginal damage on rice and corn production in MY2019/20, the impact of fall armyworm infestation adversely affected corn production to a greater extent.

On August 23, 2019, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF), State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced new tariffs on certain U.S. products, valued at $75 billion USD.

This document provides an overview of major Mexican laws and regulations that cover agricultural and food products, as well as import regulations for agricultural products into Mexico.

Drought concerns have diminished with improved precipitation, and FAS/Ottawa expects wheat production to increase in marketing year 2019/20 with yields returning to historical averages.

For marketing year (MY) 2019/20, Post wheat production is forecast higher than USDA at a record 20.8 million tons on larger planted area than USDA lifting exports to a record 14.3 million tons.

The Zambian government estimates a 16 percent drop in the production of corn in the 2019/20 MY to 2.0 million tons, due to drought that impacted the southern parts of the country.

Post’s marketing year (MY) 2019/20 (May/April) rice production is forecast marginally lower at 35.2 million metric tons (MMT) on estimated lower planting (11.7 million hectares) due to Aus season....

The unprecedented heatwave in June across much of the European Union attracted attention to the outlook for the MY2019/20 EU28 grain crop.