Agriculture

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 09:56 UTC

  Severe drought impacts on Argentine corn and soybean crop estimates

  

  Argentina’s corn 2021/22 crop has now been estimated at less than the 48 million tons of just a few weeks ago, according to the Rosario grains exchange, because a severe drought has slashed yields. Likewise with soybeans first estimate of 40,5 million tons.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:11 UTC

  FAO food price soars in February but profit margins are squeezed by energy, fertilizer and feed costs

  

  The benchmark gauge for world food prices went up in February, reaching an all-time high, led by vegetable oils and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has reported.

• Friday, March 4th 2022 - 18:40 UTC

  Fertilizer emergency in Brazil: plan to cur dependency and promote production

  

  Brazil will be launching this month an ambitious national plan to stimulate investment in the country's fertilizer industry, cutting on foreign dependency now worsened by the Ukrainian war and shipping difficulties.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  What will happen in the world wheat market if the Russia/Ukraine conflict is not over by June

  

  The Russian invasion of Ukraine has also caused major disruptions in the agricultural commodities' markets with soaring prices for wheat, corn, soybeans... and much speculation.

• Saturday, February 26th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  China to begin selling soybean reserves; plans to ensure food security and self sufficiency

  

  China will begin the sale of state-owned reserves to increase supply in the world’s largest oilseed market, the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration announced, although no auction volumes or dates were advanced.

• Friday, February 25th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  France and the import of meats, “Si vous plais, pas plus des antibiotiques”

  

  French poultry industry group supported the government's decree banning meat imports from animals treated with growth antibiotics, a practice prohibited in the European Union since 2006, but which still needs to be fully implemented particularly for the poultry sector.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazil ensuring greater urea supplies from Iran in a fertilizer short world

  

  While Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was in Moscow visiting his close friend and admired populist 'strong man' Vladimir Putin, in the midst of the escalating situation in Ukraine, and brushing off critics saying Brazil is “nobody's a puppet”, his agriculture minister was in a more strategic mission, --in another outcast country--, but crucial for the booming farming sector.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Soybeans above US$ 615 in Chicago but Argentine producers angry

  

  The threat of a full-scale war has increased fears of shortages in the near future, driving prices up. The ton of soybeans rose 2.4% and closed at US$ 615.45, while corn grew 1.3% to close at US$ 269.19 and wheat climbed 3.6% and to reach US$ 321.87, it was reported.

• Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  Sanctions impact on Belarus potash fertilizer and global food production

  

  Some of the first consequences of the Ukraine conflict? Belarus, a close ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin, has announced that the Belarus Potash Corporation, BPC, will no longer abide by some contracts following sanctions imposed by the United States and other countries.

• Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 08:14 UTC

  US top leader in revenue from beef exports; Brazil leads in volume

  

  United States keeps breaking records and slowly taking the global beef exports leadership, at least in terms of revenue according to the latest figures from the US Department of Agriculture, USDA. A situation which is having its impact on Brazil, a longtime top of the list in beef exports.