Agriculture

• Monday, June 26th 2023 - 09:49 UTC

  Giant meat packer in Brazil fined for cruelty while transporting cattle

  

  A Civil Court in the Brazilian city of Santos has issued a first-instance ruling against Protein packers Minerva Foods, demanding the payment of BRL 1.39 million (some US$ 250,000) as compensation for collective moral damages caused while transporting 29,975 oxen to the Port of Santos in early 2018.

• Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  Canada opens up to Paraguayan beef

  

  Paraguay's beef production will be welcomed in Canada starting in September, President Mario Abdo Benítez announced Thursday in Asunción.

• Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 10:36 UTC

  Brazil this year is increasing purchase of fertilizers from Russia

  

  PhosAgro boosted exports of fertilizers by 8% in the first four months of this year compared with the same period in 2022, according to a report from GlobalFer, which specializes in the industry's info.

• Thursday, June 22nd 2023 - 16:08 UTC

  3,000 cattle die of hypothermia in Brazil, claim Matto Grosso do sul Veterinarians

  

  Some 3,000 head of cattle died from hypothermia in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul farming state in recent days, according to a statement posted on the website of local veterinary services on Wednesday.

• Thursday, June 22nd 2023 - 15:19 UTC

  Falklands team in Golden Shearers Sheep Championships at Scotland's Royal Highland Show

  

  Thursday is the day when a team of Falkland Islanders shearers and wool-handlers begin competing at the World Championships taking place in Scotland at the Royal Highland Show. The team is made up of Jan Clarke, Steefen Turner, Jack Wilson, Tara Wilson, and Pilar Castro.

• Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 11:12 UTC

  It's official: Tierra del Fuego planning a multipurpose port in Rio Grande

  

  Argentina's general elections next October are focusing mainly on inflation (150% this year, cost of living and food prices), plus security and street violence, but for those a bit better off and with time to think a semi-hidden issue, plus the overall influence of China in the country.

• Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

  Study shows Brazilians eat fewer proteins

  

  Brazilians have reduced their intake of red meat protein, according to a study published Monday by Agencia Brasil. Even sausages and hot dogs have lost importance on the consumer's table, it was reported.

• Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 02:39 UTC

  Falklands farms will try to finish cattle with feed imported from Uruguay

  

  In his report for the FLH (Falklands Land Holdings) board meeting on June 7, General Manager John Ferguson predicted that, by the end of the financial year on 30 June, FLH will have sent 20,792 sheep and 118 cattle to FIMCo in 2022/23.

• Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 01:36 UTC

  Brazilian beef stranded in Chinese ports triggers a Lula phone call to Xi

  

  Since some 70,000 tons of Brazilian beef are stranded at Chinese ports awaiting an official clearance resolution from Beijing since the identification of an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), known as “mad cow disease” in Brazil, President Lula da Silva revealed he contacted his counterpart Xi Jinping on Juke 6, to try and overcome the situation.

• Friday, June 9th 2023 - 19:36 UTC

  Only 40% of Falklands wool clip, mainly finer wool, has been sold

  

  Falklands Landholdings General Manager John Ferguson confirmed 835 bales have been sold so far from this year’s FLH wool clip but there are still 1,800 bales of wool left to sell.