Agriculture

• 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.

• Friday, July 6th 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Brexit and the Falkland Islands: Potentially catastrophic?

  

  Brexit could be “potentially catastrophic,” for the Falklands according to a recent UK newspaper article. And by all accounts it could have a serious impact if heavy tariffs were applied to goods exported from the Islands into the EU. But just how bad could it be?

• Thursday, July 5th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

  Latam agriculture and fisheries production to expand 17% over the next decade

  

  Agricultural and fisheries production in Latin America and Caribbean is projected to expand by 17% over the next ten years, says a new report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

• Friday, June 29th 2018 - 05:25 UTC

  “An unforgettable year for soybeans in Argentina”, yields and harvested area at its lowest

  

  Argentine soy yields and harvesting area have been chopped by drought to their lowest levels since the 2008/09 season, analysts said on Thursday, citing the effect of a four-month dry spell that suddenly gave way to floods in April.

• Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 12:45 UTC

  Good news for British farmers: China lifts ban on beef from the UK

  

  China has ended a two-decades-long ban on exports of beef from the UK, first introduced after the outbreak of BSE - or “mad cow disease” - in the 1990s. The government said the development will be worth £250m to British producers over the next five years.