Agriculture

• Thursday, October 8th 2026 - 07:37 UTC

  FAO Food Price Index rises in September amid weather concerns and transport disruptions

  

  FAO’s benchmark measure of world food commodity prices increased in September, due mostly to transportation disruptions and weather concerns that constrained availability as well as to higher quotations for crop-based commodity groups, according to new data released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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• Thursday, September 17th 2026 - 14:07 UTC

  Brazil grain harvest expected at 361.7 million tons, Conab, led by soybeans, corn and cotton

  

  Brazil is expected to harvest a record 361.7 million metric tons of grains and fibers in the 2025/26 crop year, according to the latest estimate from Conab, the country’s food supply and crop agency.

• 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

• 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.

• 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.