Agriculture

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.
Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:21 UTC
Argentine citrus industry hopeful of US market for mandarins

The Argentina citrus industry expects processing for mandarin and the Clementine variety to very soon begin exports to the United States. Jose Carbonell president of the Argentine Citrus Federation, Fedecitrus, was optimistic about the options of a new market.
Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Uruguay meat exports five months year-on-year down 25%

Uruguay’s revenue from meat exports dropped 25% year-on-year, some US$ 350 million less, according to data released this week by the National Meat Institute (INAC). In the first five months of 2023, US$ 1.055 billion worth of bovine meat was exported, clearly below the US$ 1.408 billion obtained in the same period of 2022.
Monday, June 5th 2023 - 13:11 UTC
EU farmers refuse to accept plans to restore drained peat-lands, taken over by agriculture

European Union farmers and conservative lawmakers are up in arms against landmark nature legislation meant to bolster the bloc's green transition and prevent vital ecosystems and species from being wiped out due to climate change.
Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:00 UTC
Falklands farmers face tough times unable to have a fluid sale of their wool clip

Lawmaker Gavin Short rose at the Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly this week and asked MLA Teslyn Barkman if she was “aware of any farms that have been unable to sell their wool clip either fully or partially this season.”
Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 10:42 UTC
US Cattle farmers strongly oppose the import of Paraguayan beef

The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association has expressed strong opposition to a proposal by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) to allow the importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) beef from Mercosur member, Paraguay.
Wednesday, May 31st 2023 - 11:27 UTC
Magallanes Region to the rescue of farmers given the persistent drought

Systems to collect and accumulate water, plus troughs, were some of the implements that were distributed among farmers in the Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile, to combat the hydric scarcity which affects the whole region.
Wednesday, May 31st 2023 - 10:31 UTC
Brazilian banks will deny credit to meatpackers that buy cattle from deforested areas

International measures on illegal deforestation are beginning to put pressure on Brazil, where banks have agreed to deny credit to meat packers that purchase cattle from such areas, according to the Brazilian Federation of Banks (Febraban).
Tuesday, May 30th 2023 - 10:24 UTC
Uruguayan Senator against synthetic meat

Uruguayan Senator Sebastián Da Silva (National Party) will push for the banning of the manufacture and import of artificial or laboratory meat because “Uruguay, as a cattle-raising country, has to be a pioneer in the fight against this type of laboratory protein, artificial, and must defend the real natural food,” it was reported in Montevideo.