Agriculture

• Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 09:44 UTC

  New Zealand promotes trade and farm expertise with Argentina and Uruguay

  

  Farmers, dairy product manufacturers and trade representatives in Uruguay and Argentina are hearing a New Zealand take on current agricultural issues this week.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:19 UTC

  Brazil's future agriculture minister does not discard dumping Mercosur

  

  Tereza Cristina, tapped by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to head Brazil's Agriculture Ministry, said on Wednesday the country could decide to abandon the Mercosur trade bloc if it failed to address inequality.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 08:32 UTC

  Brazilian farmers in Mato Grosso satisfied with the soybean planting progress

  

  Brazil's Mato Grosso farmers are happy about their soybean planting progress this year, as they have finished sowing almost 90% of their soybean acres and are expecting an early harvest at the end of December.

• Monday, November 19th 2018 - 19:52 UTC

  Technology and packaging help Chilean fruit exports conquer Chinese market

  

  The standardisation of products through technology advancements has helped Chilean fruit exporters conquer China as a destination, it was the reported.

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  Argentina becomes a major importer of US soybeans

  

  The world of soybean shipping has turned upside down thanks to the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. Argentina, the No. 3 global soy grower, is making major purchases of U.S. supplies. A weekly measure of US shipments to Argentina just rose to the highest in at least 35 years, U.S. government data showed Tuesday.

• Wednesday, November 14th 2018 - 08:17 UTC

  Main shareholders of Brazil's largest meat processor charged with corruption have been released

  

  Brazil’s top appeals court has ordered the release of one of meat processor JBS’ controlling shareholders, Joesley Batista, and Ricardo Saud, a lawyer for J&F Investimentos, which controls JBS. Both were arrested on Friday in an investigation into illegal campaign contributions and alleged bribery of government officials.

• Monday, November 12th 2018 - 07:11 UTC

  This year will again be positive for global cereal production, anticipates FAO

  

  The United Nations FAO has raised its forecast for global cereal production in 2018 to 2.601 million tons, primarily due to higher estimates for wheat production in Canada and China. Nonetheless, the new forecast remains 2.1 percent below the record level achieved in 2017.

• Monday, November 12th 2018 - 07:11 UTC

  FAO Food Price Index dipped in October pushed by dairy, meat and vegetable oils

  

  International food commodity prices dipped in October, as falling dairy, meat and vegetable oils prices more than offset a surge in sugar prices, the United Nations said. The FAO Food Price Index, a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities, averaged 163.5 points in October, down 0.9 percent from September and 7.4 percent below its level a year earlier.

• Friday, November 9th 2018 - 09:58 UTC

  Argentina expects a record harvest of 140 million tons of grain and oilseeds

  

  Argentina is expected to harvest some 140 million tons of grain in the 2018/2019 season, the largest crop in the country's history, according to Argentina's Agriculture Secretariat.

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 10:31 UTC

  Bolsonaro names a woman from the farmers' caucus as Agriculture minister

  

  Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro appointed his first female cabinet member on Wednesday evening, picking the head of the farmers’ caucus in the lower house as agriculture minister.