Agriculture

• Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 18:48 UTC

  EU report quantifies losses for farmers from a trade accord with Mercosur

  

  A week before the next round of negotiations for an ambitious association and trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, a paper from the EU Joint Research Study centre, JRS, quantifies the alleged losses of such a deal for European farmers.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 16:10 UTC

  Paraguay has over a million hectares planted with corn

  

  Paraguay is experiencing a boom in corn with an area planted of over a million hectares compared to 600.000 hectares a year ago, according to the country’s Soybean Farmers’ Association president agronomist Francisco Regis Mereles.

• Monday, April 25th 2011 - 18:59 UTC

  Falklands’ market garden approaches 25th anniversary against all odds

  

  Almost twenty five years after its inception, and despite setbacks primarily brought about by Falklands/Argentine politics, the bustling market garden, Stanley Growers, on East Falkland Islands, now prides itself on being in the top three countries in the cruise ship catering world for the quality of its produce.

• Monday, April 25th 2011 - 07:42 UTC

  Coffee prices at highest since 1977 pushed by poor harvest and weak dollar

  

  Coffee prices topped 3 US dollars a pound in New York for the first time since 1977, as prospects of another production deficit combined with a sliding dollar to encourage fund buying.

• Saturday, April 16th 2011 - 09:41 UTC

  Cuba admits food imports bill is up 25% and “miracles are running out”

  

  Cuba announced Friday that it will have to spend 25% more than its original estimates to pay the cost of food imports due to the international surge in commodity prices.

• Saturday, April 16th 2011 - 02:20 UTC

  EU agriculture impact report before presenting “proposal list” to Mercosur

  

  The European Commission will be presenting in the next weeks a report on the consequences for the European agriculture of a trade agreement with Mercosur, announced EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos following a Thursday meeting of the Agriculture Council in Luxembourg.

• Saturday, April 16th 2011 - 02:10 UTC

  UK celebrates Sunday Malbec World Day, Argentina’s flagship grape variety

  

  Wines of Argentina are gearing up for its first ever Malbec World Day, a global celebration of Argentina’s ‘hero’ grape variety, according to worldwide drinks industry news Harpers Wine & Spirit.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 18:17 UTC

  EU ‘animal well being’ group warns about Mercosur livestock conditions

  

  The Eurogroup for Animals called on the European Union to demand from Mercosur farmers associations and governments the same ‘animal well-being’ requisites and regulations which their European counterparts must comply with.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2011 - 16:26 UTC

  Chile winery expands in Argentina to double production in five years

  

  The Chilean wine company Viña Montes plans to invest 20 million US dollars in vineyards on the other side of the Andes in neighbouring Argentina, where it expects to double production over the next five years.

• Monday, April 11th 2011 - 19:49 UTC

  China plans to invest 10 billion USD in soy production and processing in Brazil

  

  China plans to invest ten billion US dollars in the production, storage and transport of soybeans in Brazil to ensure the supply of the commodity of which it is the world’s main importer, according to press reports in Beijing.