Agriculture

• 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.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Argentine pork meat exports fall 80% in third quarter of 2021, study shows

  

  Argentine exports of pork meat have contracted 80% in the third quarter of 2021 due to a fall in Chinese demand and a sharp decline in international prices, despite a steady domestic demand, it was reported.

• Thursday, October 14th 2021 - 21:32 UTC

  Maritime transport crisis affects Catamarca exports of must

  

  Export of Argentine must through the San Francisco Path to Chile from the province of Catamarca have to wait due to the international logistics scenario, it was reported Thursday.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2021 - 09:19 UTC

  Argentine government slaps more controls on corn exports

  

  Argentina's Agriculture Minister has decided to up the number of requirements and restrictions on corn exports after the sector reached the exportable balance of 38.5 million tons, it was reported.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2021 - 08:48 UTC

  Uruguayan authorities halt second beef shipment to China which failed to meet quality standards

  

  Uruguay's Agriculture and Livestock Minister Fernando Mattos explained during the weekend that in addition to a batch of Uruguayan beef turned down by China at the port of destination for containing excessive amounts of fat, a similar case had been detected in the port of Montevideo, which was ready to be shipped.