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Neil Murray and Cristina Nanni from IEG Vu discuss their findings from the recent Anuga 2017 event, which is the world's largest trade fair for food and beverages.

Speaking to a vast array of industry representatives from around the world in Cologne, Germany - Neil and Cristina uncovered interesting insights for the beverage, frozen food and tomato sectors. What new product launches took the spotlight? What market movements should we look out for around the world?

You can download the free Anuga supplement which is full of interviews and exhibitor lists in the free resources section of the episode 12 page - http://bit.ly/2yarLyC

Neil Murray is the senior beverages analyst for IEG Vu, while Cristina Nanni specializes in tomato-based products, frozen fruit and vegetables.

It's a new era for the European sugar industry. Production quotas, which have limited EU sugar outputs since 1968 were finally abolished as from the beginning of October, and for the first time EU sugar producers can produce as much sugar as they can sell.

But is this really the start of a new golden age for European sugar? Will the EU re-establish itself as a major sugar exporter? Or will it struggle to compete against alternative sweeteners? What do the changes mean for Europe's traditional cane sugar suppliers?

To discuss some of these questions, Chris Horseman is joined by Stefan Uhlenbrock, Senior Commodity Analyst at F.O. Licht.

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Neil Murray, senior beverages analyst for IEG Vu, explains how crops in Florida - the USA's biggest orange juice supplier - have been affected by Hurricane Irma and what knock-on effects we should expect in juice markets as a result.

At the recent China Juice conference, delegates were told that the damage done by Irma to Florida's orange groves will have a big impact not only on this year, but also on the years to come. Neil also provides other insights from this event where he was a speaker and chairperson.

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The issue of Brexit and how it is likely to impact the food and agriculture industry in the UK, EU and around the world has been a frequent topic of discussion in all agribusiness sectors. In this episode, our attention turns to the food law sector topic of food labelling.

The UK's food labelling has been seen to be out-of-step with the rest of Europe anyway, so can we expect even more divergence post-Brexit as British exporters seek out new global markets? Peter Rixon, IEG Policy's Senior Analyst for European Food Law joins Adam Sharpe to discuss these topics and more.

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We keep hearing that Britain wants to "go global" after Brexit. How could that apply to food labelling?

Are we expecting to see any radical changes to food labelling laws when the UK exits the European Union?

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In this episode, we turn our focus to the animal health sector to get a sneak preview of the leading companies for 2017 and the growth areas in this space.

Joseph Harvey, Editor of Animal Pharm, provides us with some exclusive insights into the top ranked companies ahead of the upcoming official top 50 companies report.

OCTOBER UPDATE: The Animal Pharm Top 50 report is now available! To download a free sample chapter, click here > http://bit.ly/2xuIQEq 

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In episode 7, we move our attention to agri-mecca, Brazil. The country is set to go from strength to strength following 10-year preliminary mid-term forecasts made by Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Production and Supplies (MAPA). However, obstacles are still apparent for the grains, coffee and sugar crops of the "world's feeder." Senior Softs and Grains Analyst for IEG Vu, Sandra Boga, outlines the ministry's outlook. IEG Vu will publish three 10-year outlooks on Brazilian crops in the month of August. 

Access these outlooks and additional resources on the episode 7 page here - http://bit.ly/2w1wBxE

In this episode, we move to the agricultural inputs sector where fertilizer market experts Luke Hutson and Daniel Fletcher-Manuel discuss potash contracts in China and how this affects the global potash market. Since recording this episode, the Indian potash contract was settled at the end of July. Daniel's estimate of the value and timing of the Indian contract was revealed to be accurate. Daniel and Luke join us from Fertecon, leading providers of market information and analysis on fertilizers and fertilizer raw materials.

At the year's halfway point, we look at how processed food commodity sectors are performing around the world with Senior Beverages Analyst, Neil Murray and Senior Dried Fruit, Nuts and Spices Analyst, Julian Gale. We hear that US almond shipments are on the up and that orange juice just isn't cool anymore. This episode is accompanied by the free-to-download Half Year Outlook report from IEG Vu – available at agribusinessintelligence.com.

The price of butter is not usually a subject that grabs the front page headlines in national newspapers - but that is exactly what has happened in the past few days in the UK. What is going on, and what is going to happen in the foreseeable future? We spoke with Senior Dairy Analyst for IEG Vu, Richard Dillon, who revealed some interesting insights into the situation.

In this episode, we look at the ongoing scandal in Brazil, that has engulfed the country's meat industry and resulted in unprecedented volumes of exports being turned away at foreign ports. Then, our attention turns to the new rules agreed in Brussels on June 28th that govern the European Union's organic food and drink sector from 2020 onwards which have contentious elements of their own.