Agriculture

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Brazilian soy farmers launch “awareness campaign” against Bayer's possible anticompetitive practices

  

  A Brazilian grain growers association has launched a hot line to encourage farmers to report practices on the part of Germany’s Bayer SA that potentially could be anti-competitive, according to statement sent to Reuters on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Wild salmon stocks in Scotland at “crisis point”, warns trade body

  

  Wild salmon catches in Scotland are at their lowest level since records began, a trade body has claimed. Fisheries Management Scotland said figures due to be published later will show stocks of the fish are at “crisis point”.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 08:07 UTC

  African swine fever in China: Brazil expects soy exports to fall but no ceiling for meat sales

  

  Brazilian soy exports to China will definitely decline this year as African swine fever in the world’s No. 2 economy cuts demand for the animal feed, but potential growth in meat exports would offset this, Brazil’s agriculture minister said on Monday.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  What is Earth Day, and what is it meant to accomplish?

  

  On April 22, 1970, millions of people took to the streets to protest the negative impacts of 150 years of industrial development.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  China interested in more Brazilian meat and increasing investment

  

  China is planning to allow more Brazilian meat imports following high-level talks set for May, the Chinese ambassador to Brazil said on Monday. Yang Wanming declined to comment on how many meat processing plants could be approved to export to China but said the issue would be discussed when Brazil Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias travels to China in May.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  English farmer becomes winner of top shearing contest in New Zealand, the first since 1991

  

  A late change of plans to fly home in England in mid-March was just the ticket for Dorset farmer's son Henry Mayo on Friday as he became the first overseas shearer in 28 years to win a New Zealand Shears title in Te Kuiti.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 21:33 UTC

  Instead of agrochemicals, Uruguay uses wasps to develop non-genetically modified soy

  

  In Uruguay, non-genetically modified soy (GMO) soy is being developed in order to compete in a market saturated by the volume of crops in the region. Nevertheless, the country’s government hopes Uruguayan soy will stand out for its quality rather than for the volume of harvests motivating soy producers to use “biological controls” to combat pests.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 18:06 UTC

  Swiss government wants to get rid of its coffee emergency stockpile

  

  The Swiss government wants to put an end to its emergency stockpile of coffee after declaring that it is “not essential” for human survival. Switzerland began storing emergency reserves of coffee between World War One and World War Two in preparation for potential shortages.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 17:32 UTC

  A leading Brazilian coffee exporter files for bankruptcy, hoping to restructure a debt of US$ 282 million

  

  Terra Forte, one of the largest Brazilian coffee exporters, has filed for bankruptcy protection in a Sao Paulo state court, lawyers for the company said. Law firm Freire, Assis, Sakamoto e Violante said Terra Forte was looking to restructure 1.1 billion reais (US$ 288.2 million) in debt.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 00:18 UTC

  French court finds Monsanto legally responsible for ill health of farmer who ingested weed-killer

  

  US biotech giant Monsanto is legally responsible for the ill health of a farmer who ingested its weed-killer product, a French court has ruled.