Agriculture

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Uruguayan meat exports on the rise

  

  Uruguay's Livestock Minister Fernando Mattos Tuesday highlighted that his country had surpassed US$ 2 billion in beef exports and that projections for the end of the year showed record figures. Mattos also recalled that in 2021 US$ 3 billion worth of meat were exported.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Argentine MSMEs reach record exports in first semester of 2022

  

  Argentine Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) have reached peak export figures during the first semester of 2022.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2022 - 14:22 UTC

  Brazil's national herd free of free of foot and mouth disease without vaccination, government's target

  

  Unfounded animal health risk assessments continue to hamper the global meat trade, the director of institutional affairs at Brazilian beef processor Minerva BEEF3.SA, Joao Sampaio, said. He mentioned Turkey, which refuses to import beef from Brazil but does buy live cattle from the country.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Mercosur consolidates as the leading global exporter of beef

  

  Mercosur is again consolidating as the leading global exporter of beef with shipments of almost 1,8 million tons during the first half of the year, according to primary information from different sources. Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay in that order were the main suppliers.

• Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 11:31 UTC

  World food commodity prices dropped significantly in July, FAO report

  

  The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined significantly in July, with major cereal and vegetable oil prices recording double-digit percentage declines, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has reported.

• Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 11:08 UTC

  Insurance for vessels leaving Ukrainian ports loaded with grains skyrockets

  

  London’s insurance industry is gearing up to cover Ukrainian grain and fertilizer shipments via a safe corridor, which could require up to US$50 million per insured cargo, industry sources said this week.

• Friday, August 5th 2022 - 08:47 UTC

  Brazil soybean exports down 8,87% in first half of 2022 compared to 2021

  

  Brazil shipped 55.1 million tons of soybeans in the first half of 2022, which is 8.87% less than in the same period of 2021 (60.5 million tons), according to the National Association of Cereal Exporters. (Anec).

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 21:32 UTC

  Colombia foresees stagnant coffee harvests in 2022

  

  Colombia's coffee production for the year 2022 will reach 12 million bags, weighing 60 kilos each, according to National Federation of Coffee Growers (FNC) Manager Roberto Velez.

• Monday, August 1st 2022 - 08:40 UTC

  Falklands peaty soil spread in the main ring of the Palermo cattle show in Buenos Aires

  

  The main Argentine agriculture and business show is annually held on the grounds of Palermo, since Saturday in its major ring where the best cattle, sheep, and horses of the event are paraded, has in the center peaty soil from the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 09:06 UTC

  Despite the political upheaval, Argentine farmers are expecting plentiful corn and wheat crops

  

  Despite the political upheaval in Argentina, which seems to have temporarily quietened, whether preparing for an even worse storm, or heading for a reasonable path of rationality yet to be seen, the country one of the world's most efficient breadbasket, is again managing extraordinary crops of corn and wheat.