FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 06/99 - LATVIA (28 May)
With the livestock industry and the economy in general adversely affected by the financial crisis and reduced import demand in the Russian Federation and growing stocks, the area planted to cereals (winter and spring) is likely to remain fairly stable .The outlook for 1999 grain production remains satisfactory. Given better weather, aggregate output is forecast to recover from last year's poor level of 970 000 tonnes.
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