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The 2023-2024 season for straw cereals, rapeseed, and protein crops in France was marked by complex weather conditions. Heavy rainfall influenced crop quality.

Oilseed production in the EU-27 for the 2023 harvest and forecast for 2024.

The following is a summary of the data on the EU-27 cereal crop for 2023/24 and forecasts for 2024/25 made by Copa-Cogeca.

Forecasts for global production and ending stocks are revised upward due to better prospects for the U.S. crop. Soybean estimates remained practically unchanged compared to the June report.

In 2023, each inhabitant in France consumed approximately 30.6 of pork.

The first updated estimates for world corn and soybean crops are virtually unchanged from the previous report.

Animal husbandry in Hai Duong province is rapidly producing and developing markets to continue growth.

FAO’s first forecast for the 2024/25 season points to an overall comfortable global cereal supply and demand situation.

This is the first sector regulated by agricultural defense to update its health legislation to make it compatible with the Self-Control Law.

An increase in diversification of production in the EU requires available agricultural land suitable for the needed crops.

Based on data collected by FEFAC, industrial compound feed production within the EU27 is expected to decrease in 2024

The heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul will negatively impact this season's final results.

This study assesses the current state and future prospects of protein production with a focus on conventional and alternative protein sources for food and feed.

World corn production is expected to be lower due to a cut in the U.S. crop, and exports are expected to fall in Brazil, Argentina, and Ukraine. The new soybean crop outlook is good, with significant increases in production, international trade, and final stocks.

Pig feed production has fallen nearly 7% due to poor market conditions and the uncertainty caused by the nitrogen policy.

The 2023/2024 grain harvest is estimated at 294.1 million tons.

According to Cepea, the good export pace reflects the negotiations of fixed-term contracts which took place in 2023.

The volume represents a drop of 7.6% from the last season, i.e. 24.2 million tons less to be harvested.

World corn production estimates were lowered by 2.3 million tons compared to the February report. For soybeans, estimates were again cut for Brazil.

Compared to the January report, world corn production estimated saw no significant changes, while international trade figures forecast lower exports for Brazil and a decrease in imports from the European Union. As for soybeans, the forecast for Brazilian production was cut and export estimates increased, which would counterbalance the lower forecast for U.S. shipments.

The European Commission officially adopted a regulation which grants a partial exemption for European farmers from the conditionality rule on land lying fallow.

The European Commission proposes to allow EU farmers to avail of derogations for the year 2024 from Common Agricultural Policy rules obliging them to keep certain areas non-productive.

The Commission has proposed to renew the suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian exports to the EU for another year, while reinforcing protection for sensitive EU agricultural products.

Easier procedure for NGT plants considered equivalent to conventional plants, other NGT plants must still follow stricter GMO legislation.