Agriculture

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Drought hits Paraguayan soybean production

  

  Paraguay's meager output of soybeans this year will prevent it from capitalizing on soaring international prices, it was reported in Asunción.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:26 UTC

  Ukraine anticipates spring crops cut by half; only 7 out of 15 million hectares were sown

  

  As a result of the Russian invasion, Ukraine's agricultural minister Roman Leshchenko said he expects his country's spring crop area may be halved this year to only 7 million hectares.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Brazilian two-month record breaking sales of soybeans and rice

  

  Brazilian oilseeds and grain exports are booming. China's purchases of soybeans more than doubled in the first two months of the year, while husk rice overseas sales during February jumped 65% compared to a year ago.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Climate change, weak markets and high costs challenge wool farmers in Punta Arenas

  

  After two years running with no shows, on Sunday ended the 69th Livestock Exposition of Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile and which took place at Punta Arenas. Following a parade of the best cattle and sheep, there was a display of Chilean horses and riders' skills, and a colorful performance by the Municipal Folklore Ballet.

• Monday, March 21st 2022 - 22:26 UTC

  Argentina reopens soybean exports

  

  The Government of Argentina Monday went back on its steps and reopened exports of soybeans and their by-products after a decision on March 13 to close the registry for sales abroad imposed by Undersecretary of Agricultural Markets Javier Preciado Patiño.

• Monday, March 21st 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Peru's President vows to push forward with Second Agrarian Reform

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones Sunday announced his Government's upcoming actions will be aimed at strengthening the Second Agrarian Reform, because, after all, “our lands give us all the food and our brother farmers deserve to be supported in a comprehensive and rapid manner.”

• Sunday, March 20th 2022 - 14:32 UTC

  Brazil strongly campaigning to have fertilizers delisted from sanctions

  

  Brazil has called for fertilizers to be excluded from the list of sanctions currently imposed as a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and ongoing fighting. Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Costa Dias addressing a virtual meeting of peers from countries of the Americas, including the United States, pointed out limiting or banning fertilizer trade has a direct impact on farming productivity, food availability, boosts food prices and threatens food security, mainly among the most vulnerable countries.

• Saturday, March 19th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Uruguay seeks to exonerate VAT on popular meat cut, announced Lacalle Pou

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said on Friday that the Executive Branch will send to the Legislative a bill to exonerate VAT on asado de tira, a popular meat cut, as the Ukraine war takes its toll on the cost of food worldwide.

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine beef exporting consortium gives in to gov't demands

  

  A leading beef-exporting group in Argentina, which earlier this week had stood up to the Government's demands that the domestic market should be prioritized over shipments abroad, has given in to the authorities' warning and agreed to supply their share of cuts at “Cared-for Prices.”

• Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 20:56 UTC

  Uruguayan fruit company in the red has new owners

  

  The international produce company Frutura has bought over the Uruguay-based Citrícola Salteña, a leading global supplier and marketer of high-quality citrus and juice.