Agriculture

• Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:06 UTC

  Improved weather and soil moisture could mean an extraordinary crop year for Argentina

  

  The Rosario Board of Trade (BCR) announced that the Argentine 2024/25 wheat crop is estimated to reach 19.3 million tons, up from the previous 18.8 million tons, and this is attributed to higher-than-expected yields, bolstered by favorable weather conditions in November, as highlighted in its monthly grain report released this week.

• Thursday, December 12th 2024 - 08:13 UTC

  Brazil hits new record in coffee exports

  

  South America's largest country exported an all-time high amount of 46.3 million bags of coffee last month, Agencia Brasil reported citing data from the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council (Cecafé) made available this week.

• Wednesday, December 11th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

  International Soil and Water Forum opened in Bangkok to tackle water scarcity and soil degradation

  

  The first International Soil and Water Forum opened this week in Bangkok to map out concrete measures to boost global efforts in managing water scarcity and reversing soil degradation – both critical for global food security and environmental health.

• Wednesday, December 11th 2024 - 09:01 UTC

  November FAO Food Price Index, highest since April 2023, boosted by dairy and vegetable oils

  

  The FAO Food Price Index, FFPI, averaged 127.5 points in November 2024, up 0.5 percent from the October level and reaching its highest value since April 2023. The increase was driven by higher price quotations for dairy products and vegetable oils, which slightly outweighed declines in the meat, cereals, and sugar quotations. Compared to historical levels, the FFPI in November was 5.7 percent higher than its corresponding value a year ago but remained 20.4 percent below its peak of 160.2 points reached in March 2022.

• Wednesday, December 11th 2024 - 09:01 UTC

  Brazil becomes world’s leading cotton producer and exporter, ahead of US

  

  Brazil has become the world’s leading producer and exporter of cotton, the preeminence of United States. Brazil’s s cotton planted area reached a record 1.97 million hectares, driven by favorable prices and reduced production costs.

• Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 14:26 UTC

  Exploring Falkland Islands' Ecosystems: Insights from the FI-BRIL Project

  

  By Emeritus Professor Roger Flower, UCL - ”The Falkland Islands are a rather remote, treeless archipelago in the western South Atlantic. They are now probably best known for their important biodiversity, sheep farming and productive marine fisheries.  

• Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 09:37 UTC

  Record soybeans output reported in Paraguay

  

  The Paraguayan Chamber of Grain and Oilseed Producers and Exporters (Capeco) announced Monday that the South American country produced nearly 11 million tons of soybeans during the 2023-24 season, which generated revenues of around US$ 4 billion up to last month, a significant progress from the previous US$ 3.5 billion.

• Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 09:17 UTC

  State of water shortage declared in five major rivers in Brazil

  

  Brazilian authorities Monday decreed a “state of water shortage” in the basins of five major rivers nationwide. The critical situation affects some 2,264 million km², it was explained. It was the first time in over 100 gauging these water levels that such an extreme measure has been adopted.

• Saturday, December 7th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

  Argentine wheat exports reached 7.65 million tons and hopefully 12.5 million tons for 24/25 season

  

  Despite the drop in international prices for wheat, Argentina ended the sale of the 2023/24 season with some 7,65 million tons exported, as reported by the Rosario Board of Trade (BCR). In November alone, 540,000 tons were shipped overseas, nearly quadrupling the volume recorded during the same month a year prior.

• Tuesday, December 3rd 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Paris’ obsession against a deal with Mercosur: shortcomings of French agribusiness

  

  Why is France so committed to avoid making viable the European Union/Mercosur trade and cooperation agreement? Interest group in France argue that domestic agribusiness has been undergoing profound structural changes over the past few decades, among which declining productivity, rising costs, and a waning interest among younger generations in pursuing agricultural work.