Agriculture

• Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  China's appetite for imported pork slowing as the country recovers its herd

  

  China is starting to curb its appetite for imported pork as it regains its domestic stock and domestic meat prices are beginning to fall. Added to this are consumer concerns about the presence of Covid-19 on food packaging that arrives from other countries.

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:12 UTC

  Highly contagious strain of bird flu forces Netherlands to cull tens of thousands of chickens

  

  Dutch authorities have culled some 190,000 chickens after a highly contagious strain of bird flu broke out in at least two poultry farms, the agriculture ministry said on Sunday.

• Tuesday, November 17th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Falklands meat industry will not contract overseas workers this summer

  

  As a result of the significant operational and financial risks presented by the global pandemic, the Falkland Islands Meat Company, FIMCo, in consultation with the autonomous government of the Islands, FIG, and elected lawmakers, MLAs, has made the decision not to employ any overseas meat workers this summer.

• Tuesday, November 17th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Argentina meat industry plans investments to increase exports 33% in three years

  

  Argentine meat processing plants will invest US$ 187 million in a bid to increase exports from the country by 33% over three years to 1.2 million tons per year, the head of a local trade group said on Monday during a conference with government officials.

• Tuesday, November 17th 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Europe bird flu outbreak extends to France and Denmark; thousands of chickens culled

  

  France and Denmark confirmed bird flu cases on Monday days after an outbreak in the Netherlands triggered a massive cull. Hundreds of hens were killed after the virus was detected in a garden centre on the French island of Corsica, and the Danes said more than 25,000 birds would be slaughtered after the virus emerged in the west of the country.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 08:18 UTC

  China claims it found coronavirus on beef and tripe from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and New Zealand

  

  The eastern Chinese city of Jinan said it has found the new coronavirus on beef and tripe, and on packaging for these products from Brazil, New Zealand and Bolivia as China ramps up testing on frozen foods.

• Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 07:30 UTC

  Brazil record rice exports and imports during October

  

  Data from SECEX (foreign trade secretariat) compiled by ABIARROZ (Brazilian rice industry association) shows that Brazilian rice exports (husk base) totalled 153,500 tons in October, a volume 84% higher than in the same month of 2019 (83,570 tons).

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Stoppages in Argentine grain ports stalls loading

  

  The loading of five cargo ships in different grains ports in Argentina has been stalled for days due to strikes by port workers, the labour union representing the employees and an industry source said on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 11:44 UTC

  Brazil allows import of genetically modified soy and corn from United States

  

  Brazil has issued a protocol instruction legally authorizing imports of genetically modified (GM) soy and corn from the United States at a time when Brazil is dealing with low stocks and record prices for these products.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  US soybeans being loaded in Louisiana for Brazil

  

  A U.S. grain export terminal near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is loading about 38,000 tons of U.S. soybeans on a bulk cargo vessel for shipment to Brazil, according to Southport Agencies shipping lineup.