Agriculture

• Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 03:09 UTC

  Cuba calls for an efficient agriculture to cut annual 1.5 billion USD food imports

  

  Cuba continues to spend more than 1.5 billion US dollars a year on food imports, Vice President Jose Ramon Machado said while urging farmers to boost production, Communist Party daily Granma reported Monday.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 03:07 UTC

  US botanist expert in ethanol production elected to Argentina’s Sciences Academy

  

  Elizabeth Kellogg from the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Botanical Studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis has been elected to The National Academy of Sciences of Argentina.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 23:46 UTC

  Argentine minister denies soybean oil exports to China “have been interrupted”

  

  Argentine Agriculture Minister Julián Domínguez said Tuesday that soybean oil exports to China “have not been interrupted” and assured that supplying companies “have promised to readapt themselves to the Asian country's demands”.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 01:10 UTC

  Brazilian farmers forecasted to increase soybeans acreage next season

  

  Brazil's soybean farmers will plant their highest-ever acreage next season, despite growing pest problems and soaring fertilizer and transport costs.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 01:02 UTC

  USDA predicts largest global glut of wheat since 2002

  

  The world will have so much wheat this year that the US farmers could leave every acre unplanted and still have a surplus, a sign of more losses after futures had their worst first quarter in 15 years.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 01:01 UTC

  Brazil’s success with second season crop behind record production of corn

  

  Increased success in second crops is behind the continued strength in Brazil's corn production despite a decline in plantings, the US Department of Agriculture has said.

• Saturday, April 10th 2010 - 05:02 UTC

  Paraguay record crop of soybeans: 7.48 million tons

  

  Paraguay announced a record 2009/2010 soybeans crop of 7.48 million tons, which is larger that the 6.8 million tons of 2007/08.

• Friday, April 9th 2010 - 02:51 UTC

  China enthusiastic about reaching agreement over Argentine soybean oil

  

  Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister, Li Jinzhang, assured that China is “highly enthusiastic” about reaching an agreement to unlock the trade soybean oil conflict between Argentina and the Asian giant, according to Chinese media.

• Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 00:00 UTC

  China allows unloading of Argentine soybean oil

  

  An Argentina-China agreement to unlock the soybean oil conflict seems to move forward as a government official, who preferred to remain anonymous, told a news agency that China has agreed to allow all cargo ships on their way to China to unload soybean oil at Chinese ports.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 06:02 UTC

  China insists on “gradual” reduction of soy imports from Argentina

  

  China’s soybean oil traders may “gradually” delay or cancel imports from Argentina after the country toughened inspections, the China National Grain and Oils Information Center said early Wednesday from Beijing.