Agriculture

• Monday, March 18th 2019 - 08:20 UTC

  Foot and mouth disease spreads to the whole of the Korean peninsula

  

  In the wake of the South Korean government’s battle to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease following an outbreak in three farmhouses in the cities of Anseong and Chungju earlier this year, North Korean livestock industry insiders have reported that Pyongyang is also struggling with a nationwide spread of the disease outbreak that began in the middle of January.

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• Monday, March 18th 2019 - 08:18 UTC

  US wheat and Brazilian fresh beef included in agriculture talks in Washington

  

  Brazil is considering granting an import quota of 750,000 metric tons of U.S. wheat per year without tariffs in exchange for other trade concessions, according to Brazilian officials. That is about 10% of Brazilian annual wheat imports and is part of a two-decade-old commitment to import 750,000 metric tons of wheat a year free of tariffs that Brazil made — but never kept — during the World Trade Organization's Uruguay Round of talks on agriculture.

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• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 04:59 UTC

  Falklands Brexit impact still uncertain as 29 March looms

  

  The possible impact of Brexit on the Falklands is no nearer to gaining definition as UK MPs once again voted against a Brexit deal proposed by Theresa May, as well as voting against the possibility of leaving the European Union (EU) without any sort of deal.

• Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina forecasted to increase the wheat area planted for the 2019/20 season

  

  Argentina's wheat planting area will rise again in 2019/20, industry experts anticipated, which could mean another bumper harvest after a record wheat crop last season. The area could reach up to 6.9 million hectares, analysts and farmers said, which would be the fourth consecutive increase and a rise from 6.3 million hectares in the 2018/19 season when the country produced a record 19.5 million tons of wheat.

• Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 07:59 UTC

  Brazil to discuss meat, sugar and ethanol trade with the United States

  

  Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said that she will discuss U.S.-Brazil trade in meat, sugar and ethanol in talks next week between officials of the two countries. Dias, who will travel with President Jair Bolsonaro to the United States, said one of her priorities is to reopen the U.S. market for Brazil’s fresh beef exports, which were suspended almost two years ago over safety concerns.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Leading agriculture traders target Brazilian main grain artery concession

  

  The world’s big four agriculture traders and Brazilian rival Amaggi could make a joint bid to operate a road connecting the country’s grain belt to northern ports, while also considering an investment in a parallel railway, the firm that conducted a study on the potential venture said on Monday.

• Monday, March 4th 2019 - 21:39 UTC

  Brazil's 2018/19 soy exports forecasted to decline : smaller crop and domestic prices higher

  

  Brazil’s soybean exports are expected to come in 14-18% down on the year in 2019 due to lower production and reduced buying by China, industry reports showed.

• Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 08:35 UTC

  UK will not lower its food standards to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with US

  

  The UK will not lower food standards to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with the US, the government says. It comes after Washington published its objectives for a US-UK trade pact. The US wants “comprehensive market access” for its farmers' products that would see more US-made food on British supermarket shelves.

• Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 05:05 UTC

  Falklands' most productive half acre and vegans' organic dream

  

  Tucked way under the hill and half hidden by 10,000 young trees it’s easy to forget how vast the area is covered by Stanley Growers Ltd. in the Falkland Islands, to the east of the capital Stanley.

• Wednesday, February 27th 2019 - 09:17 UTC

  Brazil says glyphosate is non-cancerous, but health risks remain for those exposed to the weed-killer

  

  Analysts at Brazilian health agency Anvisa have determined that the weed-killer glyphosate does not cause cancer while recommending exposure limits as international pressure to reduce use of the chemical grows. Companies such as Bayer AG and its unit Monsanto, which produces glyphosate-based weed-killers, have faced legal challenges over allegations that glyphosate causes cancer. A new study published this month also links high exposure to cancer.