While India's consumers are benefiting from more vegoil imports at lower prices, its farmers and processors find those low prices are making oilseeds unprofitable. As a result, they want the government to take certain action. Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry Expects Soy Area to Increase in 2017/18 Today the executive secretary of Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture predicted the country’s soybean planted area will expand 2-3 percent in the upcoming growing season, which would mean an additional 676,000-1.014 million hectares (1.67–2.5 million acres). He indicated most of the growth will be on newly cleared land in the states of Maranhao, Tocantins, Piaui, and Bahia. The ministry spokesman partially based his forecast on expectations of the Braz...
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