Agriculture

• Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 23:19 UTC

  Meat supply resumed to French supermarket chain stores in Brazil after apology

  

  French supermarket giant Carrefour apologized so that Brazilian meatpackers would end their boycott of the group and resume deliveries to stores nationwide, Agencia Brasil reported Tuesday. The measure had been adopted after the company's CEO Alexandre Bompard said last week that meat produced in the South American country did not meet European standards for which he was forced to recant.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 21:51 UTC

  Paraguay does not accept any harm to its production

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña pledged to “firmly” defend his country's meat in the face of recent statements by Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard, who refused to continue selling meat from Mercosur countries.

• Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 19:38 UTC

  French supermarket chain to halt sales of Mercosur meat to boycott FTA

  

  Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard announced this week that his company would not be selling meat imported from the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) in a move to prevent the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union from pulling through. France's largest supermarket planned on suspending meat imports from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay “in solidarity with the agricultural sector.”

• Monday, November 18th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  With Milei, Macron insists France not signing EU-Mercosur FTA

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron told his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei once again during their meeting Sunday at Casa Rosada that his country would not sign the European Union (EU)-Southern Common Market (Mercosur) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) “as is.”

• Monday, November 18th 2024 - 08:30 UTC

  La Niña threatens this year's soybean crop in Paraguay

  

  Paraguayan soybean producers warned this weekend that the La Niña weather phenomenon may affect this year's crop while the 2023/24 harvest is expected to reach a record in tons produced and exported, it was reported in Asunción.

• Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:47 UTC

  Falklands’ avian flu, Government support for those emotionally affected by the situation

  

  As we continue to monitor the situation regarding the rise of bird flu in the Falkland Islands, we understand that this may be a challenging time for some members of our community. The wellbeing of our community is a priority, and we want to remind everyone that support is available to help you navigate any concerns or emotional challenges you may be facing.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 20:14 UTC

  Uruguay quality beef complies with EU demands on deforestation, sustainability and traceability

  

  The protein consumption of Uruguayans has averaged some 95 kilos per person, a few more kilos than back in 1918, when after reaching a peak of 87, had begun to fall. Of the total 95 kilos, 46 have been beef, with the rest chicken and pork, according to Conrado Ferber, head of the Uruguay National Meats Institute, INAC.

• Tuesday, November 12th 2024 - 06:38 UTC

  Food insecurity feared in Bolivia after weeks-long road blockades

  

  Bolivia's Association of Oilseed and Wheat Producers (Anapo) President Fernando Romero said Monday that diesel fuel shortages seriously threatened food supply in the short run as well as production in the future. Romero told the Chinese news service Xinhua that hundreds of companies in eastern Bolivia were on the brink of bankruptcy and pointed out that only 20% of rice growers had started planting.

• Sunday, November 10th 2024 - 15:23 UTC

  France lobbying among EU partners to veto trade agreement with Mercosur

  

  French Agriculture minister, Annie Genevard has declared to her country’s media that Paris is trying to convince “maximum number of countries”, such as Belgium, Bulgaria, Austria, Ireland and “even maybe Italy” to set up a veto system to impede the signing of a trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, the South American trade group.

• Sunday, November 10th 2024 - 15:09 UTC

  Better wool quality from grazing sheep among solar panels, shows experience in Australian green farm

  

  Sheep grazing close to a solar farm among its panels seems to even improve the quality of wool, a new study has found. The study is based on the results of a second round of wool testing at the Wellington solar farm, in New South Wales, which has shared its site with 1,700 merino sheep for the past three years.