Agriculture

Friday, July 19th 2019 - 09:42 UTC
African swine fever: Pork prices in China soaring and the worst is yet to come

Pork prices have been sent soaring and herds devastated as African swine fever tears through China's massive pig-farming industry, forcing the country to ramp up imports to satisfy demand - but analysts warn worse is yet to come.
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Tuesday, July 16th 2019 - 09:39 UTC
Colombia declares banana production farm in quarantine due to fear of fungus

A Colombian banana production farm near the Venezuelan border has been declared under quarantine after the possible outbreak of a lethal fungus has been detected, local authorities acknowledged Monday.
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Monday, July 15th 2019 - 15:21 UTC
China surges as new major destination for Brazil's coffee exports

Brazilian exports of coffee to China rose 23.1 annually during the first five months of 2019, according to a Brazilian Council of Coffee Exporters (Cecafé) report.
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Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 09:44 UTC
Mercosur/EU trade agreement very positive for the Brazilian meat industry

A trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc of countries could facilitate other agreements and open up new markets for Brazil’s massive beef-packing industry, a trade group said.
Monday, July 8th 2019 - 20:26 UTC
Brazil hopes to expand chicken and pork sales to EU bases on the deal with Mercosur

A historic trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur last week is lifting expectations for Europe’s next mission to evaluate Brazilian chicken plants, an industry group said on Friday.
Friday, July 5th 2019 - 17:59 UTC
African swine disease confirmed in Europe: two outbreaks in Bulgaria

Bulgaria has confirmed two cases of African swine fever among backyard pigs in the village of Zhernov near the town of Pleven in the northern part of the country, the national food safety agency said.
Friday, July 5th 2019 - 08:45 UTC
Falklands' shearers will compete with teams from 34 countries in France

Sheep shearing experts flocked to a small town in the French countryside on Thursday for the opening of the annual world championship, a four-day event held for the first time on French soil.
Friday, July 5th 2019 - 08:31 UTC
Falklands' farmers suffer Brexit uncertainty: lower prices and slower sales of meat

$UK export sales are down and with only a fraction of those being absorbed by the national market, produce has been put into cold storage$

Uncertainty surrounding the possibility of a no-deal Brexit resulted in lower prices and slower sales of meat in the 2019 export season, Falkland Islands farmers were told this week.
Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 19:13 UTC
Brazilian leading meat processor is “buying cattle from ranchers operating on deforested land”

Brazilian food processor JBS SA has been buying cattle from ranchers operating on deforested land in the Amazon that the government had said must not be used for grazing, a newspaper report said on Tuesday.
Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 09:43 UTC
UK returned 1.400 tons of Brazilian poultry contaminated with salmonella

The Brazilian government confirmed on Wednesday that Britain had sent back to Brazil 16 containers of poultry due to the presence of salmonella in the shipments. According to Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias, the shipments totaled 1,400 tons of poultry, which were returned over a 15-month period.