Agriculture

• Saturday, July 2nd 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Russia announces first ship loaded with grain has left the Black Sea Ukrainian port of Berdyansk

  

  A first cargo ship loaded with grain has left the Russian-occupied Ukrainian port of Berdyansk, a local official announced on Thursday, after Russia said the port had been de-mined and was ready to resume grain shipments.

• Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  France limits terminology for veggie foods: steak and sausage only with real meat

  

  France became the first EU country to ban words like “steak” and “sausage” applied to plant-based food. The decree becomes effective next October and states, “it will not be possible to use sector-specific terminology traditionally associated with meat and fish to designate products that do not belong to the animal world and which, in essence, are not comparable”.

• Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Putin ensures Brazil a steady fertilizer supply; but prices have soared from US$ 360 to US$ 650 a ton

  

  President Vladimir Putin in a phone call with Jair Bolsonaro said Russia will ensure that fertilizer trade with Brazil remains uninterrupted. Fertilizers, especially nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, are widely used by Brazilian farmers and have made the country a world food powerhouse.

• Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Brazil, a net wheat importer, has broken export records in 2021/22

  

  Brazil, among the largest wheat importers in the world, --mainly from Mercosur associates--, is breaking consecutive export records in 2022. In less than six months, until June 20, Brazil exported more than twice as much wheat as in 2021, that is 2.5 million tons vis-a-vis 1.12 million tons in the whole year.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 21:48 UTC

  FAO's forum on fisheries and aquaculture meets for the first time since pandemic

  

  Fisheries and aquaculture still face sustainability challenges, but as trade in the sector continues to grow, its contribution to food security and the safeguarding of livelihoods remains critical, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Cuba and Argentina deepen agricultural assistance

  

  Cuban and Argentina have agreed on mutual agricultural cooperation to boost the livestock of the Caribbean country with the support of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) and Argentine companies, it was announced Tuesday.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 08:59 UTC

  World food commodity prices declined modestly in May, according to FAO report

  

  World food commodity prices declined modestly in May for the second consecutive month, although wheat and poultry prices pushed higher, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Brazilian rice exports booming; challenge for all three Mercosur partners

  

  Brazilian rice exports (husk base) totaled 451.3 thousand tones during the first quarter, more than double the same period in 2021 when 207.7 thousand tons were shipped, reports the Brazilian Rice Industry Association (Abiarroz).

• Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  China forecasted to reduce soy oil consumption because of the lockdowns

  

  Plunging demand for soy oil in China is expected to cut consumption of the oilseed in the world’s biggest user as lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID have shuttered restaurants and canteens, according to traders and analysts. China is the world’s top consumer of edible oils, with millions of restaurants guzzling about half of the country’s roughly 17 million tons of soy oil, made from crushing soybeans.

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 20:22 UTC

  Paraná downspout means heavy losses for Argentine exports

  

  A most unusual low water level of the Paraná river has caused losses of nearly US$ 280 million so far in 2022 to Argentine rural producers and exporters, it was reported.