Agriculture

• Friday, November 2nd 2012 - 08:28 UTC

  Drought in US farms is helping Brazil’s exports of corn and ethanol

  

  Brazil's trade ministry said the country's exports of corn and ethanol rose in October as foreign buyers turned to Brazil after the worst drought in 50 years ravaged US crops.

• Thursday, November 1st 2012 - 06:30 UTC

  Global wine production down with a tight market in the next twelve months

  

  Global wine production will slump to the lowest in 37 years after weather damage to grapes from France to Argentina, forcing a draw down of stocks, the International Organization of Vine and Wine, OIV, said.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 02:38 UTC

  Iran expected to import 100.000 tons of Argentine soy-oil in 4Q

  

  Iran is likely to import over 100.000 tons of soy-oil from Argentina in October-December 2012 as Iran's purchasing of soy beans, soy-oil and soy-meal is recovering from the impact of sanctions, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 07:07 UTC

  Argentine ‘soybean king’ forecasts a new but “green industrial revolution”

  

  The man known in Argentina as “soybean king” said the country was facing a “new industrial revolution”, but factories now won’t have chimneys because they will really be “green factories”.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 07:01 UTC

  Argentine with ‘clear long term policies’ can easily become the ‘Saudi Arabia of food’

  

  Former Argentine central bank president, IMF economist and Bank of England consultant Mario Bléjer said that with clear long term policies Argentina could rapidly become the “Saudi Arabia of food” because food demand at world level will grow 20% in the next decade.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 10:41 UTC

  Brazil-FAO sign agreement for cotton expertise transfer to small farmers in Africa

  

  A 20 million dollars agreement signed Wednesday by the United Nations and Brazil will seek to transfer the expertise of the South American country to support cotton farmers in developing economies.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 10:33 UTC

  Monsanto suspends collection of royalties in Brazil following state court ruling

  

  Monsanto, the world’s biggest seed company, suspended collection of royalties for its Roundup Ready soybeans in Brazil while it appeals a state court ruling on intellectual property rights.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 15:16 UTC

  Is Brazil the reservoir of future agriculture productive capacity?

  

  The following piece was published by Dorvers, CattleNnetwork and refers to the agriculture potential of Latinamerica and Mercosur largest economy. The column sources are Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

• Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 05:26 UTC

  Seed giant Monsanto suspended in Argentina on allegations of tax irregularities

  

  Argentine authorities suspended the local unit of US seed giant Monsanto from a local grains registry over allegations of tax irregularities. The company denied the allegations in a statement issued late on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 10:48 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina mend trade fences: end to impediments for fruit and pork

  

  Brazil announced on Monday it had fully restored agriculture trade with Argentina which means there should be no further impediments or red tape for Argentine fruit or for Brazilian pork.