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Montevideo, October 20th 2025 - 23:21 UTC

Agriculture

  • Thursday, July 5th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

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

    More than half of growth, 53%, can be attributed to an increase in crop production, about 39% to the livestock sector, and 8% from fisheries output

    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

    At 36 million tons, the national crop will be 37.4% smaller than the previous year, the Buenos Aires grains exchange said.

    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

    The announcement comes after Theresa May's trade mission to China earlier this year, when President Xi signaled that a lifting of the beef ban would happen soon

    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.

  • Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 08:51 UTC

    Brazil's second corn crop lower, but export forecast remains at 28m tons

    Agroconsult kept a forecast for corn exports at 28 million tons despite uncertainty related to freight truck prices

    Consultancy Agroconsult lowered its forecast for Brazil's so-called second corn crop to 55.2 million tons on Monday but left its export projection unchanged after a survey of fields in four states affected by planting delays and a drought. Agroconsult had estimated last month that the second crop, which farmers are currently harvesting, would total 57 million tons.

  • Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 08:16 UTC

    Brazilian soybeans expected to benefit from US-China trade war

    The latest estimate for the 2017-2018 Brazilian soybean crop is up to 119 million tons, compared to last year’s harvest of 114 million tons.

    The country that could indirectly benefit from the intensifying US-China trade war is Brazil, which finds itself in a strategic position to increase its market share of soybean exports to China.

  • Thursday, June 14th 2018 - 07:51 UTC

    New conflict brewing with Brazilian truckers

    Maggi said that at least 60 ships in all Brazilian ports are facing loading delays because of reduced trucker movement from areas such as the center-west grain belt

    Talks on new prices for truck freight in Brazil, following a nationwide truckers strike in May, have yet to be concluded and the lack of a deal is hurting goods transportation, Brazil’s Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said.

  • Tuesday, June 12th 2018 - 08:13 UTC

    Dairy prices push the FAO Food Price Index up in May

    The FAO Dairy Price Index increased 5.5% in May, averaging 11.5% higher than a year earlier. (FAO)

    Global agricultural food commodity prices rose in May, with dairy prices jumping significantly. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 176.2 points during the month, up 1.2% from April.

  • Friday, June 8th 2018 - 08:28 UTC

    China plans temporary anti-dumping measures on Brazilian broilers

    Brazil accounted for more than 50% of broiler products supplied to China, world’s No. 2 poultry consumer, between 2013 and 2016, the commerce ministry said

    China will impose temporary anti-dumping measures on Brazilian broiler chickens from June 9, the commerce ministry said on Friday, after finding in a preliminary ruling that its domestic industry has been substantially damaged by the imports. Local firms buying Brazilian chicken will be required to pay deposits ranging from 18.8% to 38.4% of the value of their shipments, the ministry said in a statement. The measures cover products supplied by top Brazilian exporters JBS and BRF.

  • Friday, June 8th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

    Brazil launches massive package of soft loans for agriculture, US$ 51.13bn

    The loans and credit lines will be accessible to producers starting July 1 and through June 30, 2019, Maggi said

    Brazil announced on Wednesday evening that it has earmarked up to 194.3 billion Reais or US$ 51.13bn in loans to promote large and medium-sized agricultural producers. At a ceremony in the capital Brasilia, President Michel Temer and his Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi unveiled the government's “2018-19 Agriculture and Cattle Ranching Program”, which devotes slightly more resources to the sector than last year's 190.25 billion Reais (US$ 50.06 billion).

  • Wednesday, June 6th 2018 - 14:09 UTC

    Falkland Islands Reception in London

    Former Falklands Governor and FIA Chairman Mr. Alan Huckle proposes the loyal toast.

    Marking another successful year, the Annual Falkland Islands Government Reception took place on Tuesday 5th June at Middle Temple, London. Islanders in Britain, their friends and supporters, politicians, and veterans of the 1982 war of liberation met in high spirits.