Agriculture

• Saturday, March 16th 2024 - 12:27 UTC

  Election time in EU; Green Deal measures are to be reviewed to try and quell farmers protests

  

  European Parliament elections are scheduled for next June, so the European Commission faced with growing protests from farmers and their marches on some of the main cities, Berlin, France and Brussels, has in response proposed concessions on climate and environmental measures.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 06:55 UTC

  New private port for grains trade along the Paraná

  

  The administration of Argentine president Javier Milei announced last week plans for a US$550 million investment to build a new port in the Rosario region, the country's major grains and oilseeds hub.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2024 - 18:35 UTC

  FTA negotiations between Japan and Mercosur to start next month, Paraguayan FM says

  

  The South American Common Market (Mercosur) will start negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Japan next month, Paraguay's Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano acknowledged in an interview with the Nikkei economic newspaper. Paraguay currently holds the rotating presidency of the regional bloc.

• Saturday, March 9th 2024 - 09:04 UTC

  Brazil leads the world in exports of seven food commodities

  

  Brazil has become the global leader in the export of at least seven food commodities, following on a report distributed by BTG Pactual to its clients this week.

• Friday, March 8th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  No backtracking on Rule 1115, EU envoy tells Paraguayan producers

  

  European Union (EU) Environment Commission envoy Emanuele Pitto told Paraguayan exporters Thursday in Asunción that there would be no turning back from Rule 1115 banning raw materials and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation. The measure not allowing imports nor exports of these goods has been in force since June 29 last year.

• Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:53 UTC

  Falklands: confirmed case of avian influenza at Stanley Common

  

  The Falkland Islands Natural Resources Department has announced that on Monday 12 February 2024 swabs that were taken from a dead hawk found on Stanley Common were tested and returned positive for HPAI.

• Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:11 UTC

  Avain flu had decimated UK Skuas, Gannets and Roseate Terns warns RSPB

  

  The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB has reported that a powerful bird the Great Skuas also known as “the pirate of the seas” for stealing other birds food, has declined dramatically because of avian flu.

• Monday, February 5th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

  Argentina exported 682,000 tons of beef last year, mostly to China

  

  Argentina is forecasted to increase 5,1% beef and calf production this year, reaching some 3,3 million tons with a domestic consumption of 2.43 million tons, according to the latest report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). This follows on a record beef exports 2023, 682.000 tons, despite government measures and export levies aimed at curbing prices in the home market in an election year.

• Thursday, February 1st 2024 - 23:44 UTC

  Red Sea attacks force vessel with 16,000 live sheep and cattle to return to Australia

  

  A ship carrying 16,000 sheep and cattle to Israel and that had been stranded off the coast of Australia in extreme heat conditions has returned to a Perth port. MV Bahijah abandoned its journey through the Red Sea - where Houthi fighters in Yemen have been attacking ships - leaving the animals stuck on board for weeks.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  First human case of equine encephalomyelitis in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay's Public Health Ministry reported on Tuesday the first human-positive case of western equine encephalomyelitis, while the number of infected dead horses has reached 261 and the viral disease has now extended to eighteen of nineteen counties, according to the Agriculture and Livestock Ministry.