Agriculture

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 01:46 UTC

  World Bank loan to help Uruguayan farmers address climate change consequences

  

  The World Bank approved last week a loan for 49 million dollars to support Uruguayan farmers in adopting environmentally sustainable practices to improve the resilience of their production systems in response to the effects of climate variability.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 07:10 UTC

  Argentina forecasts 49.5 million tons of soybeans 12 million tons of wheat

  

  Argentina's 2011-12 soybean area will likely rise 0.6% on the year to 19 million hectares, the Agriculture Ministry said in its weekly crop report. The forecast is the first from the ministry for soybeans, the country's top crop and export.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 04:16 UTC

  EU members settle for a budget increase of 2%; UK hails it as an ‘excellent deal’

  

  The European Union has been forced to accept a 2% rise in its budget next year, much less than the increase it wanted of around 5%.

• Thursday, November 17th 2011 - 23:41 UTC

  Paraguay’s wheat exports doubled in a year to over a million tons

  

  Paraguay’s wheat exports have doubled in 2011 compared to the previous year and has increased 33 fold in the last decade, and this has been based on a government-private effort of investing in scientific research and technology.

• Monday, November 14th 2011 - 21:21 UTC

  Falklands establishes agriculture and trade cooperation links with Uruguay

  

  If proof was ever needed that adversity leads to a greater determination to succeed, it has been amply provided in a recent trip by the Falkland Islands Senior Agricultural Advisor, “Mac” McArthur, on a trade mission and cultural visit to Uruguay.

• Saturday, November 12th 2011 - 09:53 UTC

  Argentina expects soy crop of 49.5 million tons and 30 million tons of corn

  

  Argentina's 2011/2012 soy harvest is seen at 49.5 million tons, down from 50.3 million tons last season, the Rosario Grains Exchange said in its monthly crop report on Friday.

• Friday, November 4th 2011 - 08:20 UTC

  FAO food price index drops in October but remains higher than in 2010 and volatile

  

  The FAO Food price index dropped to an 11-month low in October, declining 4%, or nine points, to 216 points from September. Nonetheless prices still remain generally higher than last year and very volatile, FAO said.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 04:24 UTC

  Booming regional dairy industry will meet in Uruguay to talk expansion plans

  

  The Pan-American Milk Federation, Frepale, is scheduled to meet in Uruguay next November 15/17 to celebrate its twentieth anniversary. The federation, the strongest in the region chose Punta del Este for the event because it was here that it was born two decades ago.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 04:23 UTC

  Bolivia’s Morales yields to Amazon Indian protests and scraps plan to build highway

  

  President Evo Morales said Friday that he was scrapping plans to build a highway through a nature reserve in Bolivia's jungle lowlands, bowing to public pressure after a two-month protest march by Amazon Indians.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 00:43 UTC

  Mercosur and EU will be ready to exchange trade proposals ‘in June 2012’

  

  Mercosur and the European Union are committed to presenting their proposals with list of products for a free trade agreement in June 2012, announced on Friday Uruguay’s Foreign Affaire minister Luis Almagro.