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Post maintained its 2015/16 production forecast to 98.5 million metric tons (mmt), a record. Area planted for soybeans in Brazil is estimated at 33 million hectares.

Post forecasts Brazil’s 2015/16 cotton area to drop to 900,000 hectares (ha), a nine percent drop compared to the previous year.

Brazil’s coffee production for MY 2015/16 was revised down to 49.4 million 60-kg bags, a nine percent drop relative to a revised number for the previous season...

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2015/2016 wheat production is forecast at 6 million metric tons (mmt), down from previous estimates due to heavy rains in the south.

Post forecasts the 2015/16 soybean production at a record of 98.5 million metric tons despite the slow planting start for the second year in a row in the center-west region.

In May 2015, the U.S. Dairy Export Council requested assistance from FAS Brasilia to intervene on the release of a U.S. commercial shipment of U.S. dairy ingredient: whey protein concentrate.

Brazilian orange crop for 2015/16 is forecast at 393 million boxes, down 10 percent from the previous year, due to weather related problems during blossoming and a non-uniform harvest.

Brazilian and Chinese leaders met in Brasilia on May 19, 2015 and reached a series of multibillion-dollar investment and trade deals, worth $53.3 billion dollars.

ATO/Sao Paulo forecasts the Brazilian coffee production for Marketing Year (MY) 2015/16 (July-June) at 52.40 million 60-kg bags, up 2 percent relative to MY 2014/15.