Agriculture

• 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.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2022 - 14:51 UTC

  Brazil, with Mercosur partners, plans to become a global rice exporting hub

  

  As India, the world leader in exports restricts rice shipments, Brazil signaled at the World Trade Organization (WTO) that together with Mercosur partners, it is ready to expand exports and help with global food security.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2022 - 17:30 UTC

  Argentine beef exports grow but demand from China takes downward path

  

  Argentine beef exports have grown interannually but demand from China is 20% lower than in July and decreasing, with a marked downward trend in prices, according to a report from the Argentine Beef Exporters (ABC) Consortium in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazil expects record harvest of wheat and moves closer to self sufficiency

  

  The Brazilian wheat crop should reach 10.935 million tons as 2022 yields in four states are likely to increase output in what will be a record harvest for local farmers.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Chinese sanctions on Uruguay's Frigorífico Rosario lifted

  

  Uruguay's Frigorífico Rosario has been allowed to resume exports to China following a sanction on Sept. 30, 2021, that banned the meat processing plant from sending shipments to the Asian giant, Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries Fernando Mattos announced.