Agriculture

Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 06:05 UTC
Brazil to cut ethanol content in gasoline to ease pressure on sugar market

Brazil will reduce the ethanol content in gasoline in another effort to contain inflation since sugar (and ethanol) prices because of a poor crop have been soaring, according to the Sao Paulo press.
Friday, July 15th 2011 - 06:09 UTC
“Grain prices are more linked to the US dollar than to food demand”

“Saving in US dollars or in soybeans is the same” cautioned Argentine economist Carlos Melconian, who argued that “grain and oilseed prices are more linked to the value of the dollar than to demand for food produce”.
Thursday, July 14th 2011 - 19:11 UTC
Faklands government encourages young people to live and work in the Camp

In a bid to encourage young people to live and work in the Camp, the Falkland Islands Training Centre is now offering an Agriculture Apprenticeship following much research and planning that started in early 2010.
Wednesday, July 13th 2011 - 10:16 UTC
US loosing Colombian market share to Mercosur claim farmers

United States industry and agriculture lobbies are again advocating forcefully before Congress on the pending free trade agreement with Colombia claiming the delay is costing market share to a more aggressive Mercosur.
Monday, July 11th 2011 - 18:17 UTC
“Sweet” sugar futures until the northern hemisphere crop is harvested

Sugar supplies will remain limited until the 2012-13 harvest begins in top producer Brazil, broker FCStone do Brasil said citing futures traded in New York. The rise in sugar price helped push the FAO Food Price Index to 234 points in June, which is 39% higher than a year ago.
Saturday, July 9th 2011 - 07:10 UTC
Brazil drop in production has sugar prices soaring: 73% in last twelve months

Sugar jumped the most since October after an industry group said output would decline in Brazil, the world’s biggest grower. Production in the Centre South, Brazil’s largest growing area, may drop by as much as 1 million metrics in the current season compared with a year earlier, Unica said on Friday.
Friday, July 8th 2011 - 02:54 UTC
Brussels funds programs to promote consumption of EU agricultural produce

The European Commission approved this week 26 programs in 13 Member States to provide information and promote agricultural products in the European Union. Total budget for the programs, which will run for between one and three years, is €75.1 million, of which the EU will contribute €37.6 million (50%).
Thursday, July 7th 2011 - 16:24 UTC
“Sweet” sugar hikes FAO Food Price Index in June to 39% above a year ago

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, Food Price Index rose one percent to 234 points in June 2011 – 39% higher than in June 2010 but four percent below its all-time high of 238 points in February of this year.
Wednesday, July 6th 2011 - 15:35 UTC
Brazil 2010/11 soy crop larger than estimated but strong Real eats into profits

Brazil's 2010-11 soy crop was larger than previously estimated, as higher productivity and a greater area of land planted with the oilseed resulted in record output, agricultural consultancy Celeres reported this week.
Tuesday, July 5th 2011 - 06:14 UTC
Argentina announces aid for areas suffering from the volcanic ash cloud

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced a package of measures to mitigate the effects of ash spewing from Chile's Puyehue volcano that has upended air travel, tourism and farming in Patagonia.