Agriculture

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Paraguay lowers expectations on soy due to drought

  

  Paraguay's Agriculture Ministry has announced between 6 and 7 million tons of soybeans were to be harvested this season against the original projections of 10 million due to the unprecedented weather conditions.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Chilean salmon industry shows how strong and influential it can be

  

  The request from indigenous peoples in the south of Chile and dozens of domestic and international NGO organizations banning salmon farming in nature-protected areas was again frozen in the Chilean congress and will have to wait for its consideration in the following legislature when the next government takes office.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Guyana's rice exports back on track thanks to Gov't help

  

  Guyana's exports for the year 2021 of approximately 434,535 tons of rice, paddy, and its by-products meant US $ 201 million in revenues, according to Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, after new export markets such as the British Virgin Islands (BVI) as well as Estonia and Slovenia were added to the list of buyers.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 21:33 UTC

  Colombian President removes tariffs from agricultural inputs

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque has signed into law the new initiative which applies 0% tariffs on imports of inputs for agriculture and livestock production while creating a fund to benefit small and medium local businesses. The measure seeks to lower costs for medium and small farmers, in addition to encouraging the use of environmentally friendly inputs.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 09:28 UTC

  World food prices in 2021 remained 28,1% higher than in 2020, FAO report

  

  World food prices fell slightly in December as international prices for vegetable oils and sugar fell significantly from lofty levels, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, reported.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Lack of rain in southern states will reduce the Brazilian 2021/22 soybean harvest

  

  The hydric deficit and above-average temperatures in southern Brazil and southern Mato Grosso do Sul, prevailing since November have significantly damaged the 2021/22 soybean crop. Brazil’s estimated harvest has been lowered by 11.3 million tons to 133.4 million tons, according to a new survey released this week by AgRural.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Biden pledges to protect farmers and consumers with greater competition in beef, pork and poultry processing plants

  

  In one of his first 2022 conference meetings, United States president Joe Bided and members of his cabinet discussed the need for greater competition in beef, pork and poultry processing, and announced a one billion action plan for fairer, more competitive, and more resilient meat and poultry supply chain, helping to bring down prices for consumers and ensure farmers and ranchers get a fair price for their product

• Friday, January 7th 2022 - 11:52 UTC

  Argentina, Cuba sign bilateral deals to foster food sovereignty

  

  Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla and Santiago Cafiero, Foreign Ministers of Cuba and Argentina respectively, Thursday signed in Buenos Aires a bilateral cooperation agreement for Agricultural Development “to promote the food sovereignty of Cuba,” it was announced.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 06:45 UTC

  Cannabis developers eye Paraguay to further expand their business

  

  As cannabis gradually transitions from a cultural drug to just an agricultural product like any other, Paraguay's unique conditions make it a destination of choice for those trying to develop the newly-legalized business, according to a report carried by the Buenos Aires daily Perfil.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  China approves Brazil meats' sanitary system; Beijing increases tariffs on pork imports

  

  The reopening of the Chinese market for Brazilian beef did not stem from technical or communications issues, and the good relationship between the two countries will continue to prosper, reach the pre-pandemic level and advance further, according to Brazil's Agriculture minister Tereza Cristina.