Agriculture

• Saturday, October 22nd 2022 - 10:18 UTC

  Ukraine corn expected to help cope with EU's lowest maize crop in 15 years

  

  As drought and lack of humidity ravages French corn fields, an abundant production and sales from Ukraine is helping to overcome shortages and market distortions, according to the French consultancy Strategie Grains.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Argentina's wheat harvest the worst in seven years caused by climate variability

  

  Argentina's projected wheat harvest, “is in a very critical situation, and could get worse”. announced Rosario grains exchange which cut its 2022/23 harvest forecast to 15 million tons, down from 16 million tons estimated last week

• Friday, October 21st 2022 - 09:28 UTC

  Emergency declared in Uruguay due to poor rainfalls

  

  Uruguay's Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Fernando Mattos Thursday announced the Government had declared a national emergency due to poor rainfalls.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  September, record export month for Brazilian agribusiness: US$ 14 billion

  

  Brazilian agribusiness exports reached US$ 13.97 billion in September 2022, a record for the month with a 38,4% increase compared to the corresponding period of 2021. In addition to the increase in prices, which rose 17.2% between September 2022 and September 2021, the volume exported was up 18.1%.

• Saturday, October 15th 2022 - 06:27 UTC

  Mercosur wheat: Argentina lack of water, in Brazil is has been pouring for the last month

  

  Extreme situations with the Mercosur wheat crop: while in Argentina drought is drastically cutting production volumes, in Parana, one of the leading wheat states in Brazil, rainfall has plagued harvests.

• Saturday, October 15th 2022 - 06:24 UTC

  Backlog of vessels with Ukrainian grains waiting for inspection in the Black Sea

  

  With nearly 100 grain-laden ships reaching towards the horizon off Istanbul, the U.N. official overseeing exports from Ukraine is asking Russia and other parties to end “full-blown” inspections of outgoing vessels to ease the backlog.

• Friday, October 14th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Controversy among NZ farmers with the proposed methane gas tax

  

  The New Zealand government has anticipated a controversial farm that would tax greenhouse gases from animals with the purpose of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Allegedly it would be a first in the world and farmers should be able to recover the expense by raising the price of items that are environmentally friendly.

• Thursday, October 13th 2022 - 02:34 UTC

  Parts of Uruguay on brink of agricultural emergency due to poor rains

  

  Uruguay's Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries Minister Fernando Mattos has not ruled out declaring a national emergency due to the water deficit caused by poor rains, despite western and southern parts of the country being the most severely affected by the lack of rainfall during the winter.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:28 UTC

  Falklands strict protocol in case of Avian influenza reaching the Islands

  

  The Falkland Islands government and Falklands Conservation have announced a series of precautionary measures in the event of an outbreak of Avian influenza that has spread in European countries.

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Brazil on a steady path to becoming a wheat exporting country

  

  Brazil forecasts a crop of 10 million tons of wheat this season, up from a previous estimate of 9.67 million, agribusiness consultancy StoneX said on Wednesday, as farmers in the country continued with their harvesting.