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Research and Markets ( www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c599cf/france_agribusines : ) has announced the addition of the " France Agribusiness Report Q2 2009 : " report to their offering.

This France Agribusiness service provides proprietary medium term price forecasts for key commodities, including corn, wheat, rice, sugar, cocoa, coffee, soy and milk; in addition to newly-researched competitive intelligence on leading agribusiness producers, traders

and suppliers; in-depth analysis of latest industry developments; and essential industry context on France's agribusiness service.

France is the world's second-largest exporter of agri-food products after the US and has a proud agricultural tradition. In this new France Agribusiness Report for Q2 2009 the publisher examines how the industry gained and lost from the boom in commodity and energy prices over the past couple of years and the situation today as the country grapples with domestic and global recession.

While rising grain and milk prices in 2007 and 2008 were good news for primary producers, they hit the livestock industry and food processors hard, dramatically forcing up input costs. French pork production fell by nearly 1.15% in 2008 as the rising cost of feed and fuel encouraged producers to cut back further in an industry already witnessing dwindling herd numbers, beef production fell by 3.7% and poultry production by 0.2%. The recession is likely to force production levels to fall further in 2009, as export markets dwindle in the face of uncertainty and there is a cutback in consumer spending. Poultry production is forecast to fall by 1.7% y-o-y, pork production by 2% and beef production by 3%.

Disease has been a constant worry for the country's livestock industry.

The cattle sector has been hit by an outbreak of bluetongue disease since the summer of 2006. The disease has now spread from the North, where it was first detected in August 2006, to affect large swathes of the country and exports of live cattle were blocked through periods of 2007. The latest outbreak of avian flu was reported in January 2009. The publisher does not expect the outlook for the French livestock industry to improve much over the next few years. Over the publisher's forecast period to 2013, the publisher expects poultry production to contract 5.2%, while the publisher forecasts output of pork and beef to fall by 4.6% and 17.6%, respectively.



Key Topics Covered:

- Executive Summary
- SWOT Analysis
- Industry Business Environment Overview
- France Grain Outlook
- France Dairy Outlook
- France Livestock Outlook
- Commodity Price Forecasts
- Competitive Landscape
- Publisher Forecast Modelling


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