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Ukrainian sugar production will fall about 23 percent this year to 1.8 million metric tons, Interfax- Ukraine reported.
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Russia’s southern crops were damaged by drought in Krasnodar and some adjacent regions, the country’s traditional breadbasket and main grain exporting area, said Viktor Zubkov, acting first deputy prime minister.
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Kazakhstan’s grain exports may reach about 12 million metric tons this marketing year, Novosti- Kazakhstan reported, citing the Agriculture Ministry.
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France’s farm and food exports, the world’s fifth-biggest by value, declined for a second month in March, slipping 3.6 percent as grain shipments dropped.
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Coffee output in Brazil, the world’s largest producer, will rise to 50.4 million bags in the current crop, the Agriculture Ministry said.
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Soybean growers in Brazil, the world’s second-largest producer, will harvest more than previously forecast, the government said.
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Stephane Le Foll, chief of staff to French President-elect Francois Hollande, may become minister of agriculture in a new government, Ouest France reported on its website, without saying where it got the information.
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French farmers will lift corn planting by 4.5 percent to the highest level in three years, the Agriculture Ministry forecast.
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Ukraine’s high temperatures and lack of soil moisture may damage spring grains, according to the national weather center.
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Soil-water reserves in France, the European Union’s largest wheat producer, climbed across the country in April as more rain fell than usual, the Agriculture Ministry reported.
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