Agriculture

• 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.

• Wednesday, March 1st 2023 - 10:25 UTC

  Argentina halts poultry exports after case of avian flu confirmed

  

  Argentine authorities Tuesday suspended poultry exports after the first case of avian flu was confirmed in the province of Río Negro. The South American country's poultry exports last year amounted to US$ 383 million, with China buying 75% of them. With 2.5 million tons of poultry meat produced annually, 10% are sold abroad.

• Monday, February 27th 2023 - 17:42 UTC

  Mercosur-EU deal on hold until South American producers follow same protocols, Macron warns

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron once again warned during the weekend that the Mercosur-EU deal would not be ratified until every country involved in it abode by the same set of environmental rules. “When restrictions are imposed on our producers, we must impose them on the food we import,” he underlined.

• Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 09:20 UTC

  Brazilian beef sales to China suspended due to case of mad cow

  

  Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture announced Wednesday that even though it poses no threat to human consumers, beef exports to China are to be halted effective Thursday after a case of the mad-cow disease has been confirmed in the State of Pará, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Argentina ups security measures as number of avian flu cases grows

  

  Argentina's health authorities have decided to up their biosecurity measures following the increase in the number of avian flu cases detected nationwide, particularly in provinces bordering Uruguay, but also in Córdoba and Salta.