Agriculture

• Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 10:44 UTC

  Expo Prado, Uruguay's largest agricultural fair, now without sanitary restrictions: here's everything you need to know

  

  For the first time in almost three years, the International Livestock Exposition will return in a new edition that will be held as it was before the pandemic, without sanitary restrictions, and in the same place: the Rural del Prado in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Brazil to become wheat self sufficient in five years, planting the grain in tropical areas

  

  Brazil will become wheat self sufficient in five years time, according to Celso Luiz Moretti, head of EMBRAPA, the Brazilian agriculture surveys and research center, which has helped the country become one of the world's leading food producer and exporter.

• Saturday, August 27th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Argentine beef exports hit new records in first semester of 2022

  

  Argentina's Rosario Stock Exchange Friday reported the first semester of 2022 showed record beef exports 39.4% above figures from the same period last year, worth US$1.75 billion. Beef shipments grew US$ 457 million from US$ 1.293 billion.

• Saturday, August 27th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Brazil estimates a grains and oilseeds 2022/23 harvest of 308 million tons

  

  Brazil's government CONAB, (National Supply Company) anticipated that the 2022/23 grains and oil seeds harvest would reach 308 million tons, given the good performance and strong international demand for corn, soybean, rice, beans and cotton.

• Saturday, August 27th 2022 - 09:14 UTC

  Sale of peat banned in England from 2024; peat bogs crucial for soaking carbon

  

  Sales of peat to amateur gardeners will be banned in England from 2024, the government has confirmed. The move follows a consultation and is part of a pledge to restore peat lands. These wild, boggy places are sometimes referred to as the UK's rainforests, because of their ability to soak up vast quantities of carbon.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Second corn crop helps Brazil achieve a harvest of 271 million tons, and target 300 million tons in a near future

  

  Brazil is forecasted to break another crop record in 2022 with the largst grain harvest in history, particularly because of the second crop of corn in Brazil, or safrinha. Previously considered merely a way to keep the soil in use between two important harvests, corn’s second crop gained importance as production became more sophisticated with the aid of technology.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Fertilizer congress reveals Brazil's efforts in accessing the input and the need to promote a national industry

  

  The ninth edition of the Brazilian Fertilizer Congress, organized by ANDA, (Brazilian National Fertilizers Organization) underscored the main difficulties faced by the agriculture sector in having access to fertilizer at a time of global logistics chaos caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Ukraine grain exports still face obstacles and many farmers, fearful of the situation, will not sow winter crops

  

  Ukraine’s grain exports have slumped significantly since Russia invaded the country and closed off its Black Sea ports, pushing up global food prices and prompting fears of shortages in Africa and the Middle East.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  FAO project helps Uruguayan family-farms increase production and soil recovery

  

  With financial support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), FAO’s Livestock and Climate project approached producer organizations in Uruguay to assess the situation of individual farms and help implement climate smart strategies that not only enhance meat production but also encourage the re-growth of vegetation and the return of biodiversity.

• Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Brazil consolidates as China's main supplier of agriculture produce

  

  A new agreement to facilitate exports from the Brazilian agribusiness sector to China has been described by market experts in Sao Paulo as crucial to inaugurating the “biggest era of market openness in the last ten years” between the two countries.