Agriculture

Monday, July 14th 2025 - 06:48 UTC
Food Price Index in June, higher for meat, dairy and vegetable oils

The FAO Food Price Index, averaged 128.0 points in June 2025, up 0.5 percent from May. Although international prices of cereals and sugar fell, these declines were outweighed by higher prices for dairy products, meat and vegetable oils. The index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a set of globally traded food commodities, was, in June 2025, 5.8 percent higher compared to its level a year earlier but remained well below its peak in March 2022.
Friday, July 11th 2025 - 19:37 UTC
Brazil maneuvering to resume chicken exports to Europe

Brazil's Agriculture Minister Carlos Fávaro held a videoconference with EU Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, Olivér Várhelyi, this week to discuss lifting restrictions on the Brazilian chicken meat exports imposed after an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a commercial farm in Montenegro, Río Grande do Sul, in May.
Friday, July 11th 2025 - 19:08 UTC
French farmers parade cows in front of the Brazilian Embassy

Some 100 French farmers and ranchers paraded Wednesday in front of the Brazilian Embassy in Paris with Charolais cows and T-shirts reading “Beef producers furious!” as the National Beef Federation (Federation Nationale Bovine - FNB) demonstrated its strong opposition to the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).
Saturday, June 14th 2025 - 09:04 UTC
FAO estimates record global cereal production in 2025/2026

FAO also released a new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, forecasting a record global cereal production of 2 911 million tons in 2025, up 2.1 percent from 2024. World cereal utilization is forecast to increase by 0.8 percent in 2025/26, reaching 2 898 million tons.
Monday, June 9th 2025 - 20:18 UTC
FAO Food Price Index dips in May amid lower cereal, sugar and vegetable oil prices

The benchmark of world food commodity prices dropped in May as marked declines in international quotations for maize and palm oil outweighed historically high prices for butter and bovine meat, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.
Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 10:21 UTC
Will Uruguay train Palestinians in sustainable agriculture?

from the West Bank in sustainable agriculture, Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin announced in Montevideo Friday.
Wednesday, June 4th 2025 - 10:25 UTC
Significant growth in Paraguayan exports reported

Paraguayan exports have recorded significant improvements this year, according to reports released in Asunción this week.
Tuesday, June 3rd 2025 - 17:40 UTC
Electronic ID for Cattle mandatory in step forward for UK biosecurity

Cattle identification and traceability in England will change over the next 2 years, in a major step forward in disease control and trade across the farming sector, Defra has announced Monday 2 June.
Tuesday, June 3rd 2025 - 17:24 UTC
UK international risk status for BSE downgraded to “negligible”

The UK’s risk rating status for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been downgraded to negligible by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH). DEFRA said it is a major boost for the food and farm sector, more avenues will now be open for trade with other countries as our improved risk status for beef and bovine products is recognized.
Monday, June 2nd 2025 - 08:54 UTC
Uruguayan authorities warn of dangers of avian influenza

Uruguay's Public Health Ministry (MSP) issued Sunday a series of recommendations to keep avian influenza from spreading to humans.