Agriculture

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.
Tuesday, December 3rd 2024 - 08:36 UTC
Paraguay heading to a record year of beef exports in 2024

In the first eleven months of the year, Paraguay has exported some 320,000 tons of beef with revenue reaching 1,6 billion dollars, indicates data from the National Animal Health and Quality Service (Senacsa).
Sunday, December 1st 2024 - 23:40 UTC
China absorbs most of Argentina’s beef exports but at lower prices

China figures as the main market for Argentine beef, having absorbed in nine months to October 78% of exports, based on data from the ABC Consortium, which represents the country’s largest beef exporters.
Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 23:19 UTC
Meat supply resumed to French supermarket chain stores in Brazil after apology

French supermarket giant Carrefour apologized so that Brazilian meatpackers would end their boycott of the group and resume deliveries to stores nationwide, Agencia Brasil reported Tuesday. The measure had been adopted after the company's CEO Alexandre Bompard said last week that meat produced in the South American country did not meet European standards for which he was forced to recant.
Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 21:51 UTC
Paraguay does not accept any harm to its production

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña pledged to “firmly” defend his country's meat in the face of recent statements by Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard, who refused to continue selling meat from Mercosur countries.
Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 19:38 UTC
French supermarket chain to halt sales of Mercosur meat to boycott FTA

Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard announced this week that his company would not be selling meat imported from the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) in a move to prevent the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union from pulling through. France's largest supermarket planned on suspending meat imports from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay “in solidarity with the agricultural sector.”
Monday, November 18th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
With Milei, Macron insists France not signing EU-Mercosur FTA

French President Emmanuel Macron told his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei once again during their meeting Sunday at Casa Rosada that his country would not sign the European Union (EU)-Southern Common Market (Mercosur) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) “as is.”
Monday, November 18th 2024 - 08:30 UTC
La Niña threatens this year's soybean crop in Paraguay

Paraguayan soybean producers warned this weekend that the La Niña weather phenomenon may affect this year's crop while the 2023/24 harvest is expected to reach a record in tons produced and exported, it was reported in Asunción.