Agriculture

Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 13:39 UTC
Mexico planning to purchase Brazilian rice ahead of a clash with Trump over a Nafta review

A move announced recently by Mexican diplomats may be a precursor of what could be happening in the coming months with the trading of major commodities involving the country’s trade war talks with the U.S.
Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 13:27 UTC
Irish farmers want meat removed from Mercosur/EU trade talks

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is pushing to have meat removed from the proposed trade deal between Europe and Mercosur in the wake of Brazil’s meat scandal. The move could scupper the entire trade deal given the importance of the meat industry to Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
Friday, March 31st 2017 - 22:42 UTC
JBS meat packers suspends production in 10 of 36 beef facilities

JBS SA, the world’s largest meat packer, has suspended production at 10 plants in Brazil. The action comes as the company works to rebound from the fallout of an anticorruption investigation launched by the Federal Police in Brazil.
Thursday, March 30th 2017 - 09:56 UTC
Brazilian tainted meat: minister believes “the worst of the process is over”

Worldwide markets have been slamming their doors on Brazilian meat since revelations that rotten product was being sold with faked certificates, but the agriculture minister said Thursday “the worst of the process is over.”
Monday, March 27th 2017 - 08:15 UTC
Falklands' large farms report better 2016/17 clip and lambing

Falklands Landholdings, FLH, has managed an excellent 2016/17 wool clip in a year with bullish prices, reports the Penguin News latest edition. A total of 138,302 sheep have been shorn producing 342,980 kilos of clean wool and all packed into 2,653 bales over the last five months.
Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:56 UTC
US biodiesel producers want antidumping duties on imports from Argentina

United States biodiesel producers asked the government to impose antidumping duties on imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia that it says have flooded the US market and violated trade agreements. The move by the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) trade group comes after two years of tension between US and foreign producers over soaring imports that the group says have threatened the profitability of domestic producers.
Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:45 UTC
Brazilian meats' scandal: China, Egypt, Chile limit imports ban to the 21 processing plants involved

Brazil won a major victory as it battles to restore credibility amid a tainted meat scandal, with China, Egypt and Chile lifting their bans on its products. The three countries, which had totally closed their markets to Brazilian meat at the start of last week, said they would open them to all but the 21 Brazilian processing plants under investigation.
Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 12:09 UTC
Brazilean adulterated meat situation “no obstacle for EU/Mercosur trade talks”

The adulterated meat situation in Brazil is no obstacle for the current trade negotiations between the European Union and Mercosur, said Eidta Hrdá, Managing Director for the Americas from the European External Action Service, currently in Buenos Aires.
Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 11:59 UTC
Irish farmers' lobby wants beef out of Mercosur/EU trade talks

First vice-president of the European Union Parliament Irish lawmaker Mairead McGuinness has asked EU Commissioners for agriculture and trade for clarity on allegations that Brazil has sold meat that is unfit for consumption.
Wednesday, March 22nd 2017 - 12:09 UTC
Argentine farmers confident they can increase sales 28% to UK in the short term

Argentina has the potential to increase food sales to the UK by 28% in the short term, from the current US$ 830 million to US$ 1.060bn, according to the president of the powerful farmers' organization, Argentine Rural Society, Luis Miguel Etchevehere, currently in London with a business mission sponsored by the Argentine foreign ministry, the Argentine-British Chamber of Commerce and the embassy in London.