Agriculture

Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 18:55 UTC
Failure of coffee crop forces more Guatemalans to migrate north to the US

A mix of roya, climate change and low coffee prices in Guatemala are causing greater numbers of workers and some landowners to abandon the coffee farms and migrate north to the United States.
Friday, July 27th 2018 - 08:21 UTC
G20 agriculture ministers meet in Buenos Aires to address food and farming challenges

G20 agriculture ministers begin this Friday in Buenos Aires a two day meeting to draw up a roadmap to achieve a sustainable food future, one of the three priorities of the Argentine G20 presidency. These include comprehensive and responsible soil management, food waste reduction and the role of technology in agriculture.
Friday, July 27th 2018 - 07:10 UTC
Paraguayan agriculture minister and his deputy die in air crash

Paraguay Agriculture Minister Luis Gneiting and three others died when the twin-engine airplane carrying them to the capital Asuncion crashed into a wetland on Wednesday night, an official told reporters on Thursday.
Thursday, July 26th 2018 - 15:18 UTC
Argentine exports prime cuts of beef to Japan

Argentina has shipped its first ever beef exports to Japan. Exporter Fridevi (Frigorífico de Viedma) shipped two hundred kilos of beef prime cuts on Monday, with another 10 tons scheduled for export in the coming days.
Wednesday, July 25th 2018 - 06:25 UTC
Trump pledges US$ 12bn to help farmers hit by trade war with China

The Trump administration on Tuesday said it will use a Great Depression-era program to pay up to US$ 12 billion to help U.S. farmers weather a growing trade war with China, the European Union and others that the president began. It is a clear signal the U.S. President Donald Trump is determined to stick with tariffs as his weapon of choice in the conflict.
Wednesday, July 25th 2018 - 05:36 UTC
Argentina's stats office data reveals recession is round the corner

Argentina's economy shrank 5.8% in May versus the same month last year, government statistics agency Indec said on Tuesday, the second straight month of declines in a sign of looming recession and a possible GDP contraction in 2018.
Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 22:01 UTC
China wants a long-last relationship with Brazil in agricultural goods

Reports that China wants a “long-last relationship” with Brazil in terms of trade in agricultural goods and other products received attention in Asian markets. The two countries are ready to take their trade relationship “to new levels” amid an escalation of global trade wars, China's ambassador to Brazil Li Jinzhang said during an agribusiness conference in São Paulo on Monday.
Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 21:35 UTC
Brazil willing to open its market to farm products: “you have to give something to get something”

Brazil could benefit by offering access to its domestic markets in exchange for opening new foreign markets to its farm products, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said on Monday, pointing to opportunities in the trade of pork and coffee.
Friday, July 20th 2018 - 07:35 UTC
Argentina betting on a 2018/19 record wheat crop to spur the economy

A record wheat harvest expected in Argentina this year could arrive just in time to jumpstart the ailing country's economy in the fourth quarter, after growth has been hit by low investment, high inflation and a soy crop devastated by drought.
Wednesday, July 11th 2018 - 08:47 UTC
China confident it can replace US soybeans with supplies from South America

China can increase soybean imports from other countries to reduce reliance on buying from the United States, the president of state grains trader COFCO said in an interview with the Communist Party’s official People’s Daily paper on Wednesday.