Agriculture

Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 17:45 UTC
Brazil farmers ask until when will ideology prevail over economics and trade in Mercosur

“Until when will we allow ideology to prevail over economics, markets, competitiveness grounding the great vessel of Brazilian trade in the port of little regional pretensions”, asks Katia Abreu in a column published in Folha de Sao Paulo openly criticizing the administration of Dilma Rousseff for its Mercosur policy and the results of the recent Montevideo summit.
Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 17:13 UTC
World’s largest dairy producer faces scare over contaminated products with botulism bacteria

New Zealand's government has stepped up efforts to contain the fallout from a scare over contaminated products made by dairy giant Fonterra. Officials have been sent to Fonterra facilities in New Zealand and Australia to oversee the flow of information.
Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 02:30 UTC
China approves first shipment of Argentine GMO corn shaking world markets

China has approved its first shipment of genetically modified Argentine corn, Buenos Aires-based trade sources said, which could mean that the Asian giant may eventually import GMO crops from other producers like the United States.
Monday, August 5th 2013 - 20:00 UTC
London witnesses serving and cooking of the world’s first lab-grown beef burger

A corner of west London saw culinary and scientific history made on Monday as scientists cooked and served up the world's first lab-grown beef burger.
Monday, August 5th 2013 - 19:51 UTC
Brazilian farmers blast Mercosur for its ‘bad leadership and worse presidents’

Mercosur has become characterized for “bad leadership and worse presidents” of the countries that make up the block, since there is no incentive for the regional organization and it has become “an ideological battle political field”, said Cesario Ramalho da Silva, president of the Brazilian Rural Society.
Friday, August 2nd 2013 - 02:33 UTC
France’s Council of State lifts ban on growing GM corn from Monsanto

The battle over growing genetically modified crops in France flared anew on Thursday as the country's top administrative court overturned a government ban on growing GM corn sold by the US giant Monsanto.
Wednesday, July 31st 2013 - 06:00 UTC
Brazil’s next soybean crop expected to increase 9% to a record 89.1 million tons

Brazil’s 2013/14 soybean crop that starts planting in September is expected to grow by 9% under normal weather conditions to a record 89.1 million tons, local crop analyst AgRural said in a release.
Monday, July 29th 2013 - 03:40 UTC
Cristina Fernandez administration accused of corruption and waste by farm leaders

Claiming the government of President Cristina Fernandez has wasted opportunities with ‘cheap politics and extended corruption’, the Argentine Rural Society, SRA president Luis Miguel Etchevehere inaugurated this weekend the Rural farm show in Palermo, the largest event of its kind in Argentina.
Friday, July 26th 2013 - 04:34 UTC
FAO forecasts new record level of cereals production this year: 2.479m tons

World total cereal production is forecast to increase by about 7% in 2013 compared to last year, helping to replenish global inventories and raise expectations for more stable markets in 2013/14, according to the latest issue of FAO quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Situation.
Wednesday, July 24th 2013 - 20:52 UTC
Foreigners own 6% of rural land in Argentina, equivalent to 15.8 million hectares

A total of 5.93% of rural land in Argentina is foreign-owned President Cristina Fernández announced which amounts to 15.8 million hectares. During a speech at Government House, Justice Secretary Julián Alvarez presented a survey that is a prelude to the full implementation of the Law 26,737 on Rural Lands (Ley de Tierras Rurales) passed in 2011 to place a 15% limit on foreign ownership of rural land in Argentina.