Agriculture

• Monday, October 7th 2013 - 14:16 UTC

  World 2013/14 cereal production forecasted to surpass 2012 level by 8%, says FAO

  

  The outlook for global cereal supply in the 2013/14 marketing season remains generally favorable despite downward adjustments to forecasts for world cereal production and closing stocks, according to the latest issue of FAO quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Situation report.Despite this downward adjustment, world cereal production would still surpass the 2012 level by nearly 8%.

• Friday, October 4th 2013 - 06:58 UTC

  Uruguay 2012/13 soybean crop was record in volume, area and yield

  

  Uruguay’s latest soybean crop was the highest in history, 2.76 million tons with an increase in the area planted and in yields according to the latest survey from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. The area dedicated to soybean climbed 20% and reached 1.049.000 hectares.

• Friday, October 4th 2013 - 06:45 UTC

  European Union considering punitive duties on Argentine bio-diesel

  

  Argentine bio-diesel producers will fight European Union proposals to impose punitive duties on imports from the country, saying the move would remove its biggest export market and raise prices in Europe.

• Monday, September 30th 2013 - 19:31 UTC

  Chile expects to harvest over 50.000 tons of walnuts, most for export in 2013/14

  

  The walnut production in Chile has experienced a growth in the fiscal year 2013/2014, reports the German Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft (AMI) on its website. Not only the favourable weather conditions, but also the extension of the cultivation area in recent years has contributed to this.

• Monday, September 30th 2013 - 16:39 UTC

  Paraguayan economy boosted by agriculture expanding at an annual 13.3%

  

  Paraguay’s GDP expanded 13.3% in the second quarter of this year boosted by agriculture and beef exports, according to the latest release from the Central bank. Agriculture has proved the most dynamic sector with 6.2% growth helping Paraguay to have the fastest growing economy this year in Latam following on a 0.9% retraction last year, because of an extended drought.

• Thursday, September 26th 2013 - 21:04 UTC

  A sugar rush that could fuel the economy

  

  By R. Viswanathan (*) - India should take its cue from Brazil and invest in ethanol as a viable commercial substitute for costly petrol.

• Thursday, September 26th 2013 - 06:51 UTC

  Argentina expects a large crop of wheat next November despite recent frosts

  

  Argentina is on track to harvest more wheat this season as greater acreage and coming warm weather should offset any yield loss caused by recent frosts that hit in the last days of the Southern Hemisphere winter.

• Thursday, September 26th 2013 - 06:34 UTC

  Storm death toll of recently sheared sheep in Uruguay climbs to 54.200, not counting lambs

  

  The recent rain, wind and cold storm that severely punished Uruguayan farmers last week caused the death of 54.200 adult sheep. The sum from a survey conducted by the Uruguayan Wool Secretariat, SUL, almost doubles the original 30.000 estimate and does not include the recently born lambs.

• Thursday, September 26th 2013 - 06:21 UTC

  Argentina expects at least 50 million tons of soy and 30 million of corn in 2013/14

  

  Argentina’s 2013/14 soybean crop will be above 50 million tons while corn can be expected to reach 30 million tons, according to the country’s Agriculture minister Norberto Yauhar, based on preliminary production estimates. The minister also advanced that caps on wheat and corn exports could be lifted in the near future.

• Monday, September 23rd 2013 - 18:48 UTC

  Egypt for Sale

  

  Three years has seen the overturn of two government, the deaths of thousands of people and the destruction of much of the Egyptian economy. In the end, the mobs have changed nothing, except to make their own lives more miserable.