Agriculture

• Friday, March 8th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  No backtracking on Rule 1115, EU envoy tells Paraguayan producers

  

  European Union (EU) Environment Commission envoy Emanuele Pitto told Paraguayan exporters Thursday in Asunción that there would be no turning back from Rule 1115 banning raw materials and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation. The measure not allowing imports nor exports of these goods has been in force since June 29 last year.

• Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:53 UTC

  Falklands: confirmed case of avian influenza at Stanley Common

  

  The Falkland Islands Natural Resources Department has announced that on Monday 12 February 2024 swabs that were taken from a dead hawk found on Stanley Common were tested and returned positive for HPAI.

• Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:11 UTC

  Avain flu had decimated UK Skuas, Gannets and Roseate Terns warns RSPB

  

  The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB has reported that a powerful bird the Great Skuas also known as “the pirate of the seas” for stealing other birds food, has declined dramatically because of avian flu.

• Monday, February 5th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

  Argentina exported 682,000 tons of beef last year, mostly to China

  

  Argentina is forecasted to increase 5,1% beef and calf production this year, reaching some 3,3 million tons with a domestic consumption of 2.43 million tons, according to the latest report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). This follows on a record beef exports 2023, 682.000 tons, despite government measures and export levies aimed at curbing prices in the home market in an election year.

• Thursday, February 1st 2024 - 23:44 UTC

  Red Sea attacks force vessel with 16,000 live sheep and cattle to return to Australia

  

  A ship carrying 16,000 sheep and cattle to Israel and that had been stranded off the coast of Australia in extreme heat conditions has returned to a Perth port. MV Bahijah abandoned its journey through the Red Sea - where Houthi fighters in Yemen have been attacking ships - leaving the animals stuck on board for weeks.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  First human case of equine encephalomyelitis in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay's Public Health Ministry reported on Tuesday the first human-positive case of western equine encephalomyelitis, while the number of infected dead horses has reached 261 and the viral disease has now extended to eighteen of nineteen counties, according to the Agriculture and Livestock Ministry.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

  Survey in Falklands' small islands shows avian flu is continues to threaten

  

  Following on the Falkland Islands Natural Resources Department update on confirmed avian influenza (bird flu) case – Steeple Jason Island, northwest of the archipelago, it has been reported that Falklands Conservation carried out a surveillance visit in January 2024 and found dead albatross chicks in their thousands as well as low levels of rockhopper and skua mortalities. A further set of several more swabs were collected.

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2024 - 10:51 UTC

  Falklands: Sheep industry global downturn resurfaces debate on the abattoir

  

  The decision by the Falkland Islands Executive Council, and approved by the Standing Finance Committee, to provide additional financing of £1 million to the Falkland Islands Meat Company (FIMCO), has not been without controversy.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  Ulster farmers controversy with DAERA over Bovine TB compensations in dairy farms

  

  The Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) is prepared to take legal action against the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) over its bovine TB (bTB) compensation policy. According to a report from the BBC, it follows the announcement of a consultation on compensation rates for animals removed after testing positive.

• Tuesday, January 16th 2024 - 14:04 UTC

  Funding request approved for Falkland Islands Meat Company

  

  Following the sitting of Executive Council on Tuesday 12 December 2023 a paper was approved to provide additional funding of £1 million to the Falkland Islands Meat Company (FIMCO). The paper was also approved at Standing Finance Committee.