Agriculture

• Saturday, August 29th 2026 - 13:23 UTC

  Germany, extreme hot summer ripens grapes faster and advances wine harvest several weeks

  

  Germany's main grape harvest takes off earlier than ever recorded following on the country's exceptionally hot summer which accelerated the ripening process in vineyards, according to the German Wine Institute

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• Friday, August 28th 2026 - 19:35 UTC

  The US waives beef tariffs for Brazil and Paraguay, but not for Argentina and Uruguay

  

  US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on August 26 temporarily waiving tariffs on imports of up to 300,000 tonnes of lean beef trimmings, a measure that excludes countries already holding their own quotas in the US market, among them Argentina and Uruguay. The main beneficiaries will be Brazil and Paraguay.

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• Wednesday, July 29th 2026 - 07:46 UTC

  Wildfires in Spain and France hit the world's two largest wine-growing nations

  

  The wildfires affecting Spain and France since mid-July have reached an unprecedented scale in both countries, which together account for nearly a quarter of the world's vineyard area. Spain declared a national wildfire emergency for the first time, while French President Emmanuel Macron described the situation as the most severe recorded in his country since the Second World War.

• Saturday, June 13th 2026 - 13:15 UTC

  FAO expects world cereal output and trade projected to decline in year ahead

  

  World cereal production in the 2026/27 season is expected to drop by 2 percent year on year to 2 982 million tons, led by declining wheat harvests, according to FAO’s latest Cereal Supply and Demand Brief released in late May.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2026 - 21:45 UTC

  Uruguay sheep produce exports from July25 to May26 reached US$ 281 million

  

  Uruguay sheep produce exports grew 28% between July 2025 and May 2026, totaling US$ 281 million, boosted by wool, 72% of income while lamb and mutton the remaining 27%.

• Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 03:47 UTC

  FAO food commodity prices in May showed increases in cereals, sugar and beef

  

  The benchmark measure for world food commodity prices remained broadly stable in May, as declines in vegetable oil quotations offset increases in those for cereals and sugar, according to new data released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

• Saturday, May 23rd 2026 - 02:34 UTC

  Uruguay captures 63% of Mercosur's annual rice quota to the European Union

  

  Uruguay this week filled 63% of the annual zero-tariff rice quota granted by the European Union to Mercosur, in the first significant trade milestone since the provisional entry into force, on 1 May, of the association agreement between the two blocs. The total quota of 6,667 tons for the current year was covered within a few weeks of activity, according to Acting Foreign Minister Valeria Csukasi, in what amounts to one of the first operational tests of the treaty signed on 17 January in Asunción.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2026 - 14:14 UTC

  Strait of Hormuz closure, FAO warns of fertilizer scarcity and calendar for new planting season

  

  The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, warned that the global fertilizer scarcity caused by disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz will lead to lower yields and tightening food supplies in the latter half of 2026 and into 2027.

• Thursday, May 7th 2026 - 08:43 UTC

  Falklands, financial advance for FIMCO and calcified kelp license to improve soil for cattle forage

  

  On 20th April the Falkland Islands’ Executive Council considered a closed paper from FIMCO, Falkland Islands Meat Company, requesting a cash advance, to be repaid by June 2027. The request is to support cash-flow challenges resulting from the recent shipping delays.

• Friday, April 24th 2026 - 19:39 UTC

  FAO and WMO warn extreme heat pushes global agriculture 'to the limit,' threatening one billion people

  

  The escalation of extreme heat episodes is pushing agriculture “to the limit” worldwide and threatening the health and livelihoods of more than one billion people, according to a joint report published on Wednesday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The document, titled “Extreme Heat and Agriculture,” warns that the phenomenon causes the annual loss of 500 billion working hours in the sector.