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Montevideo, May 1st 2025 - 07:16 UTC

Agriculture

  • Thursday, July 13th 2017 - 18:30 UTC

    Global food commodity prices rose in June, led by wheat and meat prices.

    Prices of all dairy products that constitute the index rose, but butter price increased the most, rising 51.2 points (14.1%) from May to an all-time high.

    The FAO monthly Food Price Index averaged 175.2 points in June, up 1.4% from May and 7.0% from a year earlier. The FAO Cereal Price Index rose by 4.2% in the month, amid surging prices of high-protein wheat due to deteriorating crop conditions in the United States of America. Maize prices, by contrast, declined amid record harvests in South America.

  • Thursday, July 13th 2017 - 09:26 UTC

    British companies will visit Uruguay in a trade mission in September

    The program includes visits to farms, free trade zones and consider network opportunities with local representatives

    The UK embassy in Montevideo is organizing a business visit to introduce Uruguay as an export market to British companies. The mission is primarily focused on agro-tech, taking advantage of Uruguay's main agriculture show in Montevideo during the month of September.

  • Thursday, July 13th 2017 - 09:05 UTC

    UK embassy in Uruguay readying for Expo-Prado 2017; Falklands will also attend

    The Pavilion will host stands of British and Uruguayan brands with ties to UK, and Falklands will be again represented

    Following the previous edition’s success, the British Embassy in Uruguay will be present for the fourth consecutive year at the agricultural show, Expo Prado, from 6 - 17 September, with a Pavilion centered on business, education, culture, gastronomy and entertainment, including a Falkland Islands stand.

  • Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 08:00 UTC

    Scottish shearer tackles more than 2.000 sheep in 50-hour endurance challenge

    Organizers said Grant sheared 2,142 sheep and raised thousands of pounds for charity. Allowing for breaks, it translated to an average 50 sheep per hour. (Pic S.Ramsay)

    A shearer from south west Scotland has tackled more that 2,000 sheep in a 50-hour endurance challenge. Grant Hurcomb was raising funds for Cancer Research UK and MND Scotland.

  • Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 10:17 UTC

    Soybeans and corn record crops challenge Brazil's storage capacity

    Local prices to growers are down 29% from a year earlier, so farmers are stashing soybeans anywhere they can rather than sell, which is creating a storage crunch

    Brazilian farmers are discovering a serious obstacle to becoming one of the world’s top producers of soybeans: they’re running out of room to store all the unsold supply. The biggest harvest in the country’s history is poised to leave domestic inventories at a record, data from the processors’ group Abiove show.

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 01:34 UTC

    Tobacco 2017 harvest a boost for Cuban economy

    A successful tobacco harvest, yet below early estimates.

    Cuba's economy is to receive a significant boost from one of its main industries, as tobacco leaf production reached 19,000 tonnes this year, the best harvest of the last decade, it was announced Tuesday in Havana. The figure represents success, but it is still far below the 30,000 tonnes from early estimates.

  • Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 02:10 UTC

    Argentina resumes exports of lemons to Brazil

    A shipment of 1,400 boxes (21,000 kilograms) from the province of Tucumán has already crossed the border by land on its way to the Sao Paulo Central Market, the national Agriculture Ministry reported Tuesday. Lemon exports to Brazil had been halted in 2009.

  • Wednesday, June 7th 2017 - 07:18 UTC

    Brazilian meat packer Minerva buys JBS plants in Mercosur member countries

    JBS said in a Tuesday securities filing that it sold meat processing plants in the three countries for US$300 million to Minerva in Sao Paulo state.

    The Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS says it has sold its units Mercosur members, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay to companies controlled by a rival meat processing company in Brazil. JBS said in a Tuesday securities filing that it sold meat processing plants in the three countries for US$300 million to Minerva in Sao Paulo state.

  • Tuesday, June 6th 2017 - 07:33 UTC

    “Pink slime” trial: beef plant demanding US$ 5.7bn from ABC for “fake news”

    BPI says ABC's “disinformation campaign” caused the meat processer's revenues to drop by 80%. They are suing ABC for up to US$5.7bn in damages.

    A trial has begun in South Dakota over a meat processer's claim that it was defamed by ABC News reporting that dubbed its product “pink slime”. Beef Products Inc (BPI) argues ABC and its journalist ruined its reputation in 2012 reports on “lean finely textured beef”, as the industry calls it.

  • Sunday, June 4th 2017 - 12:07 UTC

    Brazil record trade surplus and industrial production up 0.6% in April

    Exports boosted by a record soy crop and rising auto sales reached US$ 19.8bn and imports US$ 12.2bn

    Encouraging news for Brazil's economic recovery: industrial output increased in April for the first time since December and the trade surplus rose to a record US$ 7.661bn during May, according to government data. Exports boosted by a record soy crop and rising auto sales reached US$ 19.8bn and imports US$ 12.2bn