Agriculture

• Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  Agriculture emergency in Magallanes Region because of the ongoing drought

  

  Chile's Ministry of Agriculture declared on Friday an agriculture emergency in the extreme south Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica because of the hydric deficit caused by the lack of rainfall. The decision was taken following on experts projections indicating the persistence of “meteorological and hydrologic drought conditions, both reflected in the shortfall of hydric surface and subterranean availability”

• Friday, January 13th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

  Poorer harvests heralded due to bad weather would mean fewer dollars for Argentina

  

  Argentina's Agriculture exports are expected to drop by US$ 14,000 million due to the recent drought, according to projections from the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange released this week in Buenos Aires. The new figures might have an impact on the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of between 1.1% and 1.8%.

• Tuesday, January 10th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

  John Deere and US farmers agree on MOU to allow customers the right to fix their own equipment

  

  The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and John Deere & Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Sunday, putting an end to a long litigation. The tractor factory has agreed to give its US customers the right to fix their own equipment. Previously, farmers were only allowed to use authorized parts and service facilities rather than cheaper independent repair options.

• Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 07:03 UTC

  Uruguayan organic beef, processed in Brazil successfully shipped to US

  

  The Brazilian food processing corporation Marfrig announced that it started to process organic meat at its unit located in Hulha Negra, in Rio Grande do Sul, (Southern Brazil) with raw material coming from the company’s plant in Uruguay.

• Friday, January 6th 2023 - 10:31 UTC

  Brazil provides 20% of the world's cotton supply, and is second global exporter

  

  Brazil provides 20% of the world’s cotton supply, making it the second largest cotton exporter in the world. Cotton represents Brazil’s seventh-largest export product in terms of value: in the market year 2021/2022 alone, 1.68 thousand tons were exported, generating more than USD 3.2 billion in cash. The stats were supplied by the industry association Abrapa.

• Monday, January 2nd 2023 - 09:40 UTC

  More Uruguayan exporters greenlighted for frozen bone sales to China

  

  Chinese authorities authorized 27 Uruguayan companies to export frozen bone meat cuts in what Montevideo dubbed an “achievement” that “strengthens” the relationship between the two countries.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Argentina wheat exports at their lowest, but record year for fertilizer consumption

  

  Bad and good news from Argentina. Wheat exports are expected to hit their lowest point in eight years because of climate effects, especially La Niña ravaging the country’s crops for the third consecutive reason, points out the Rosario Grains Exchange (BCR)

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Pork exports growing in Paraguay

  

  Paraguayan pork exports are looking at a brighter future for 2023, according to various positive developments on various fronts over the past few months, it was reported in Asunción.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Record sales of US beef to East Asia markets in volume and value

  

  United States beef exports to East Asia in 2022 broke the record reached last year, both in volume and value, according to a report by the US’s Department of Agriculture (USDA).

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine wheat crop, one of the least productive in recent history

  

  The Argentine wheat crop, 2022/23 is again suffering the consequences of a prolonged drought and lack of sufficient rain, which means that the overall estimate volume has again been reduced by 300,000 tons to a total of 11,5 million tons, according to the Rosario Grains Exchange.