Agriculture

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Deep changes in China's beef market expected for 2023, USDA report

  

  Economic hardships, combined with the government’s determination to keep its zero-tolerance policy for Covid-19, are likely to bring Chinese beef imports down by 19.4% in 2023, according to the latest report by USDA

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  FAO food commodity prices index declines for fifth month running in August

  

  The barometer for world food commodity prices declined for the fifth consecutive month in August, as quotations for most benchmark items dropped, according to the latest report released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

• Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Argentina creates “soybean dollar” to boost Central Bank reserves

  

  Argentina's Superminister of Economy Sergio Massa Sunday announced the creation of the so-called “soybean dollar” at a special parity of AR$ 200 / US$ 1 on the condition that exports be liquidated at the earliest.

• Friday, September 2nd 2022 - 18:26 UTC

  Uruguayan exports keep blooming

  

  According to an Uruguayan Exporters Union (UEU) report released Thursday, orders from abroad have increased by 28% interannually, reaching a total of US$ 1.076 billion.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 10:44 UTC

  Expo Prado, Uruguay's largest agricultural fair, now without sanitary restrictions: here's everything you need to know

  

  For the first time in almost three years, the International Livestock Exposition will return in a new edition that will be held as it was before the pandemic, without sanitary restrictions, and in the same place: the Rural del Prado in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Brazil to become wheat self sufficient in five years, planting the grain in tropical areas

  

  Brazil will become wheat self sufficient in five years time, according to Celso Luiz Moretti, head of EMBRAPA, the Brazilian agriculture surveys and research center, which has helped the country become one of the world's leading food producer and exporter.

• Saturday, August 27th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Argentine beef exports hit new records in first semester of 2022

  

  Argentina's Rosario Stock Exchange Friday reported the first semester of 2022 showed record beef exports 39.4% above figures from the same period last year, worth US$1.75 billion. Beef shipments grew US$ 457 million from US$ 1.293 billion.

• Saturday, August 27th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Brazil estimates a grains and oilseeds 2022/23 harvest of 308 million tons

  

  Brazil's government CONAB, (National Supply Company) anticipated that the 2022/23 grains and oil seeds harvest would reach 308 million tons, given the good performance and strong international demand for corn, soybean, rice, beans and cotton.

• Saturday, August 27th 2022 - 09:14 UTC

  Sale of peat banned in England from 2024; peat bogs crucial for soaking carbon

  

  Sales of peat to amateur gardeners will be banned in England from 2024, the government has confirmed. The move follows a consultation and is part of a pledge to restore peat lands. These wild, boggy places are sometimes referred to as the UK's rainforests, because of their ability to soak up vast quantities of carbon.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Second corn crop helps Brazil achieve a harvest of 271 million tons, and target 300 million tons in a near future

  

  Brazil is forecasted to break another crop record in 2022 with the largst grain harvest in history, particularly because of the second crop of corn in Brazil, or safrinha. Previously considered merely a way to keep the soil in use between two important harvests, corn’s second crop gained importance as production became more sophisticated with the aid of technology.