Agriculture

• Friday, April 20th 2018 - 08:38 UTC

  First shipment of Argentine lemons to the US in 17 years

  

  Argentina sent its first shipment of lemons to the United States in 17 years, a few months after President Donald Trump authorized citrus imports from the country.

• Thursday, April 19th 2018 - 18:15 UTC

  US/China trade war reaches Midwest sorghum with tariffs of 178.6%

  

  United States sorghum farmers fear they will lose their largest export market if China follows through with a tariff on their crop. China imposed preliminary anti-dumping tariffs of 178.6% on U.S. sorghum this week as part of its ongoing trade dispute with the U.S.

• Thursday, April 19th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

  Brazil allows processors to resume chicken exports but EU considering a ban

  

  Brazil’s largest chicken processor BRF SA has been allowed to resume production at nine plants that export to the European Union, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday, a day before a potential EU ban related to a food safety scandal. The ministry clarified that one more plant had been cleared, referring to a firm appearing in the document as SHB Comércio e Indústria de Alimentos SA, which is also controlled by BRF.

• Wednesday, April 11th 2018 - 18:35 UTC

  Argentina imports 120.000 tons of soy-beans from United States

  

  Argentina, the world’s third biggest soy producer, booked its largest purchase of U.S. soybeans in 20 years on Tuesday after drought cut its harvest, forcing crushers there to turn to imports. The surprise move pushed Chicago soybean futures to a one-month high, in the latest development to upend global soy trading after top buyer China last week proposed tariffs on U.S. imports amid an intensifying Washington-Beijing trade dispute.

• Wednesday, April 11th 2018 - 09:39 UTC

  Falklands' meat company enters contract to supply defense facilities at MPC/MPA

  

  The Falkland Islands Meat Company - FIMCo - has entered into a supply contract with Ecolog – a key provider for UK Ministry of Defense facilities at MPC/MPA, to provide their high-quality Falkland Islands meats. The contract is for five years, delivering beef, lamb and mutton to the MOD’s and Ecolog’s exacting standards of price, availability and - of course - quality.

• Wednesday, April 11th 2018 - 09:21 UTC

  Drought will cost Argentina's herd up to a million head

  

  Argentina’s herd will shrink by up to 1 million head of cattle next year as ranchers facing scorched pastures after the worst drought in decades decide to slaughter females rather than grow their herds, analysts said.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

  Sharing cash for farmers, one of the biggest post Brexit challenge, say experts

  

  Quitting the European Union means the UK will have to go back to the drawing board over devolution, constitutional experts have warned. Wrangles over sharing out cash for farmers will be one of the biggest challenges ministers face, according to the Institute for Government (IfG).

• Sunday, April 8th 2018 - 21:16 UTC

  What does the new Falklands ‘Islands Plan’ mean for South America?

  

  Over the past decade it is has become customary for a newly elected Legislative Assembly in the Falkland Islands to publish an ‘Islands Plan’. As there are no political parties in the Falkland Islands, all eight members of the Assembly are independents. Therefore there is no collective manifesto when elected to office. This has traditionally been addressed via a consensus-based Islands Plan.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 08:48 UTC

  Brazil subsidized loans for the 2018/19 agriculture program will reach US$ 58bn

  

  Brazil's Agriculture Ministry plans to increase funds available to finance the farm sector, an official announced, noting that a decline in inflation has allowed the government to boost funding in a country that is the world’s largest exporter of staples like soybeans and coffee.

• Friday, March 23rd 2018 - 14:00 UTC

  Heatwaves, hurricanes, floods: 2017 costliest year ever for extreme weather and climate events, says UN

  

  Hurricanes, monsoon floods and continuing severe drought made 2017 the costliest year ever for severe weather and climate events, according to a new report by the United Nations weather agency launched on the eve of World Meteorological Day.