Agriculture

• Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 07:09 UTC

  Fears of a record breaking global soybean harvest, and insufficient demand

  

  Brazil is on track for a record-high Brazilian soybean harvest in the marketing year 2022-23 (January-December 2023), based on forecasts from commodity consultancies and government-owned institutions. The likely estimate means a looming oversupply expected to remain until at least mid-2023.

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  China takes 52,5 million tons of Brazilian soy in eleven months of 2022

  

  In the eleven months of 2022, China imported 52.464 million tons of soybeans from Brazil, according to data from the latest Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex), a department of the Ministry of Economy.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 20:25 UTC

  Uruguayan exports fall in November but 2022 figures still good

  

  Uruguayan exports have fallen 13% yoy in November of 2022 after recording a growth of 20.3% for the first eleven months of the year when compared to the same period of the previous year, it was reported Tuesday in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:06 UTC

  Peru and Ecuador declare bird flu health emergency; 10,000 pelicans dead, 180,000 chickens to be slaughtered

  

  Peru and Ecuador last week declared three-month health emergencies because of outbreaks of bird flu after a wave of cases led to tens of millions of poultry being slaughtered in Europe and the United States.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2022 - 12:02 UTC

  Brazil bilateral trade with Qatar has leaped in the buildup to the World Cup

  

  Despite a last shock surprise defeat against Cameroon, Brazil is in the Round of 16 and still standing as one of the favorites to reach the final round of Qatar 2022 World Soccer Cup. And despite its sporting performance, Brazil has had a huge leap in bilateral trade with the buildup to the Qatar event.

• Thursday, December 1st 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  US blocks sugar imports from Dominican Republic, claiming abusive labor conditions

  

  Imports of crude sugar from a company in the Dominican Republic will be blocked at all U.S. ports after the alleged use of forced labor in its production, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced this week.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Climate change consequences drastically cutting Argentina's winter and summer crops

  

  Climate change reality has caught up with Argentina with mounting uncertainties about summer crops, since the sowing of soybeans and corn is already below 40% of last year, already diminished.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Ecuadorian poultry farm detected to have cases of bird flu

  

  Ecuadorian authorities have activated an epidemiological encirclement following a surge in cases of avian influenza. The first confirmation stemmed from a poultry production farm in the Andean province of Cotopaxi thanks to controls by the Agency for Regulation and Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Control (Agrocalidad), the Agriculture and Livestock Ministry said.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 10:41 UTC

  UK suspends tariffs on fruit juices, and Brazil celebrates the decision

  

  Brazilian orange juice shipments to the UK should benefit from the recent decision by the British government to suspend tariffs on concentrated and ready-to-drink juice imports from January first 2023 to 31 December 2024.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  US poultry farms forced to eliminate 50,5 million chickens because of avian flu

  

  More than 50,5 million birds in US poultry farms have been slaughtered because of outbreaks of avian flu among flocks in over forty states, according to the Department of Agriculture.