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MY2017/18 cultivation for main-crop rice and corn is occurring much sooner than MY2016/17 cultivation due to favorable rainfall and sufficient reservoir levels.

Export prices further increased four to six percent, except for fragrant rice prices, which remained steady.

A 2016 Borlaug Fellowship Program Alumni has developed a dietary risk assessment spreadsheet that is now used in both the pesticide registration process and the establishment of pesticide maximum....

Peruvian imports of U.S. corn continue skyrocketing, reaching 1.5 MMT ($251 million) during January/April 2017.

Export prices further increased two to three percent, except for fragrant rice prices which remained steady.

After years of struggling with coffee leaf rust outbreaks, Peruvian coffee production is forecast at 4.5 million bags (60-kilograms per bag) during marketing year 2017/18 (MY 2017/18)....

Peruvian pork consumption is only 5.7 kilograms per capita, one of the lowest in the region, but domestic production and imports are on the rise due to economic growth and rising incomes.

Export prices increased two to three percent due to several new inquiries for fragrant and white rice.

Heavy rains and flooding in northern Peru during early 2017 slowed growth of cane sugar production, but the Peruvian industry is expected to recover in MY2018.

Export prices remain steady as the weakening Thai baht offset the price pressure caused by the upcoming rice shipments to Iran.

MY2017/18 main-crop rice and corn planting is unlikely to be delayed due to favorable rainfall and a recovery in reservoir levels.