Agriculture

• Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Belarus reopens sales of potash; extent of Western sanctions on Russian fertilizers not clear

  

  Belarus announced that it is authorizing licenses for the export of potash beginning this month, according to the official news agency RIA. Russia's close ally is the world’s third-largest producer of potash, widely used in soy production. Belaruskali, a local state-owned company, is among the world’s leading companies in the field.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazilian soybean crop down 10m tons from last year's record but processing plants anticipate a good year

  

  Despite a reduction of 10.5 million tons from the original estimate, leaving total production well off the record of 138.8 million tons from 2021, the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industry did not change its processing forecast for this year, which is projected at 48 million tons with healthy margins in the manufacture of bran and oil.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Fertilizers from Iran and expanding the wheat area, priorities of Brazil's agricultural year

  

  Brazilian fertilizer stocks amount to at least 13 million tons, including the inputs that have been already internalized and the ones that have been ordered. The statement comes from David Roquetti Filho, a former board member of ANDA, Brazil's National Association for Fertilizer Diffusion, and currently an independent business consultant.

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

  Chile extends agriculture emergency three months because of lack of rain

  

  Chile has decided to extend for three months the agriculture emergency decree to 231 farming communities in the central part of the country because of the lack of rainfall and severe drought.

• 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.”