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South Africa: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Semi-annual

The production of apples, pears and table grapes is estimated to increase in the 2020/21 marketing year .
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New Zealand: Dairy and Products Semi-annual

Despite a declining national dairy herd, New Zealand milk production continues to rise and is forecast to reach a record in 2021.
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Summer Drought Limits Upside Potential for China Corn Yields

According to Chinese government sources, a drought has affected 2.3 million people, 2.5 million head of livestock, and about 5 million hectares of cropland in 12 provinces and regions this summer.
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Peru Wheat Production Limited by Competition from Corn and Quinoa

The Peruvian wheat crop for 2014/15 is estimated at 150,000 hectares (Ha) with a trend yield of 1.52 metric tons per Ha (MT/Ha), for a projected production of 230,000 metric tons (MT). Wheat area is estimated to decrease three percent this season...
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Southeast Asia: Historical El Niño-Related Crop Yield Impact

The world’s major meteorological organizations have issued alerts about the increasing probability of an El Niño event. Sea-surface temperatures (SST) from March through May have begun to rise in the eastern and central Pacific ocean. In early June...
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Ukraine: Crop Production Forecasts for 2014/15

Specialists from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service traveled to Kyiv in early April to conduct interviews with agricultural officials and private commodity analysts in order to assess Ukrainian crop-production prospects for 2014. The observations...