Agriculture

• Saturday, March 25th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

  Falklands, no confirmed cases of avian influenza in wild or domestic birds

  

  The Veterinary Department can confirm that, following a major implementation of enhanced bio-security across the Islands, there have, to date, been no confirmed cases of avian influenza (bird flu) in the Falkland Islands wild or domestic birds.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  China's pork industry again faces an outbreak of African swine fever

  

  A surge in African swine fever infections in China is set to reduce hog output later this year, farm managers and analysts said this week, pushing up prices in the world’s top pork consumer as demand recovers.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Brazil confident China's beef market is recovering, but at lower prices

  

  The price of beef (fresh, chilled or frozen) exported by Brazil mainly to China in the first week of February maintained the downward trend of the last eight months, but, according to analysts, the trend now is for prices to recover in the rest of the year, although to levels lower than those observed in June.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  First shipment of Argentine beef to Mexico takes off

  

  The first shipment of Argentine beef took off from Ezeiza Airport Tuesday on an AeroMexico flight after more than 10 years of negotiations, the South American country's National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) reported. Both countries had agreed on December 2 on the sanitary certificate requirements.

• Monday, March 20th 2023 - 15:59 UTC

  Moscow extends 60 days Black Sea Grains exports; Putin insists West sanctions on Russian exports must also be lifted

  

  The United Nations announced on Saturday that a deal allowing for the safe export of grain from Ukrainian reports had been extended. The UN did not specify the length of the renewal, while Russia and Ukraine issued conflicting statements on the matter.

• Thursday, March 16th 2023 - 06:11 UTC

  Paraguayan gov't wants no more red tape from US on beef exports

  

  Paraguayan authorities insisted this week before the US Embassy that there were no sanitary impediments for the northern country to welcome beef shipments from the South American nation, only red tape was hindering progress in that regard.

• Tuesday, March 7th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

  Rice an exception in drought-hit Uruguay

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou and Agriculture Minister Fernando Mattos spoke to reporters after attending the ceremony Monday marking the launch of the 2023 rice harvest, which will be one of the few items with something to celebrate in a country hit by drought.

• Monday, March 6th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Massa announces “wine dollar” for Argentine producers

  

  The Government of Argentina announced during the weekend the creation of yet another foreign currency exchange rate; one to be applied particularly to wine exports, effective next month.

• Thursday, March 2nd 2023 - 08:53 UTC

  Uruguayan February exports 8% less than same month last year

  

  Uruguay's exports, including those shipped out of duty-free zones, totaled US$ 939 million in February of 2023, which represented an 8% decrease. The main reason for this setback was reported to be a drop in sales of beef and by-products, rice, wood, and wooden by-products.

• Thursday, March 2nd 2023 - 08:09 UTC

  Power cut hits nearly 40% of Argentine households

  

  About 40% of Argentine households were reported to have been left powerless Wednesday afternoon amid unprecedented heat following “several failures in the interconnected system” stemming from a fire that “disturbed a 500 kw high voltage line that connects Campana with General Rodríguez” in the province of Buenos Aires, according to local media.