Agriculture

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Paraguay: Beef exports reach all-time high

  

  Over 283,214 tons of beef have been exported by Paraguay between January and October 2021, in what has become a historical record for the country, according to the National Service for Animal Quality and Health (Senacsa).

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Uruguayan exports on the rise, report shows

  

  Beef, meat by-products and wood have boosted Uruguayan exports, which were reported to have grown 17.2% overall in October, it was announced Monday in Montevideo. Meat sales once again reached record figures.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 11:46 UTC

  Brazilian minister expects reopening of China beef market: negotiations in final phase

  

  Brazil's Minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, denied that diplomatic relations with China are strained and said that she does not see the continuation of the Chinese ban on Brazilian beef, which has lasted for nearly two months, as a political act.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  China approves meat imports from Italy; Brazil and Ireland still out in the cold

  

  China’s customs administration said this week that it had approved beef imports from Italy as of October 26th. China relies heavily on imports to meet the growing demand for meat from an increasingly affluent middle class.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 18:17 UTC

  Rural workers stage protest before Argentine Congress in support of Access to Land bill

  

  Argentina's Union of Land Workers (UTT) Monday camped in front of the Congress building in Buenos Aires in support of the Access to Land bill. The UTT, which claims to represent rural workers nationwide, who make up for 8 % of the national workforce, planned to stay mobilized for 4 days in a row.

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  China deals blow to Brazilian economy by holding import ban on meat

  

  China's decision to uphold a ban on meat imports from Brazil means US $ 450 million less for the coffers of President Jair Bolsonaro's administration, it was reported Wednesday. It was also good news for Uruguay.

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Falklands Election: Mark Pollard and Stacy Bragger after reelection

  

  The Falkland Islands Election is scheduled for Thursday, November 4th. So far MP has published the manifestos of the four candidates for the three benches corresponding to the Camp Circumscription in the Legislative Assembly.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Brazil impatient as China has yet to return to purchase beef

  

  Brazil's minister of agriculture and livestock Tereza Cristina has sent a letter to the head of Beijing's Customs office in which she expresses her willingness to discuss the current ban on Brazilian beef exports to China, according to farm media.

• Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 08:36 UTC

  Pig production recovers in China and pork prices fall

  

  Pork production in China soared in the third quarter of this year, according to official data released on Monday, as big farming businesses built huge industrial breeding establishments last year to recover the swineherd hit by the deadly African swine fever.

• Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Gold booms in Argentine province of Salta

  

  Despite economic shortages stemming from sanitary restrictions in force during most of 2020 and 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, gold has managed to become the second most exported product in the Argentine province of Salta, a study showed.