Agriculture

• Monday, July 15th 2024 - 07:56 UTC

  FAO June food commodity prices remained unchanged: cereals down, offset by dearer oils, sugar and butter

  

  The benchmark for world food commodity prices was unchanged in June, as increases in international quotations for vegetable oils, sugar and dairy products offset a decrease in those for cereals, FAO reported this last week.

• Monday, July 8th 2024 - 14:07 UTC

  Brazil breaks animal protein export record in first half of 2024

  

  Brazil establishes new beef export record in the first half of this year, having shipped 1,29 million tons of animal protein, which represents a 27% over the same period in 2023, with 1.019 million tons. Revenues was up 17%, to US$ 5,69 billion.

• Friday, July 5th 2024 - 06:43 UTC

  Brazil has opened its market for Australian mutton and lamb

  

  Despite Mercosur partners with significant flocks, Brazil has reopened its market for Australian mutton and lambt, including sheep meat by-products and edible offal, the Australian Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry announced this week.

• Tuesday, July 2nd 2024 - 19:48 UTC

  Hurricane Beryl marks early season beginning

  

  After reaching category 5 in the Caribbean, Hurricane Beryl was not feared to reach Colombia's Caribbean shores but would nevertheless significantly affect navigation in the area. Strong winds hit Jamaica late Monday, sweeping away power lines and flooding the streets of other islands such as Grenada, it was also reported.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2024 - 09:06 UTC

  Argentine farmers still trust Milei and are hopeful of his electoral promises

  

  Following Argentina's two-year worst drought in a century with agriculture production and exports plummeting, causing a shortfall of at least US$ 20 billion in foreign currency revenue, the country's industry is expecting an excellent harvest in 2024/25.

• Tuesday, June 18th 2024 - 11:41 UTC

  Paraguay consolidating as the world's third exporter of soybeans

  

  Paraguayan exports of soybeans are gaining steam, according to shipment data provided by Marine Link. Farmers are accelerating sales due to a stronger global market and higher prices for the oil seed.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 19:21 UTC

  Brazil halts sizeable rice purchase amid irregularities

  

  The Brazilian administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday canceled a tender whereby some 263,000 tons of rice were to be purchased abroad to make up for the crops lost in the flooded State of Rio Grande do Sul. The decision was made after signs of irregularities were detected in the bidding companies. Rio Grande do Sul accounts for 70% of Brazil's rice production.

• Monday, June 10th 2024 - 07:12 UTC

  We need to “Awaken new Depths”: UN invitation on World Oceans Day celebrations

  

  On Saturday the South Atlantic Environment Research Institute, SAERI, invited the Falkland Islands community to celebrate Oceans Day, and create awareness of how much the South Atlantic islands depend on them. According to Resolution 63/111 of December 2008, the UN General Assembly designated 8 June as World Oceans Day. And “Awaken New Depths” is the theme for World Oceans 2024.

• Monday, June 10th 2024 - 07:06 UTC

  Cattle in eleven US states with outbreaks of avian flu H5N1

  

  With the outbreak of Avian flu H5N1 in Minnesota, Midwest state bordering Canada, the number of infected cattle in the United States confirmed has reached over eighty animals across some eleven states. Besides Minnesota the other states with infected cattle include, South Dakota, New Mexico, Michigan, Iowa, Idaho, Ohio, Colorado and North Carolina.

• Monday, June 10th 2024 - 07:04 UTC

  FAO Report: for the first time aquaculture production surpasses capture fisheries

  

  World fisheries and aquaculture production has hit a new high, with aquaculture production of aquatic animals surpassing capture fisheries for the first time, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).