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Montevideo, November 12th 2025 - 17:47 UTC

Agriculture

  • Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 10:16 UTC

    Significant drop in Argentine beef exports reported

    Argentine beef exports dropped significantly in Q1 2025 compared to Q1 2024, with a 28% decrease in volume (142,500 tons) and a 7.5% decrease in value (US$694.4 million), it was reported Tuesday in Buenos Aires.

  • Monday, April 21st 2025 - 09:26 UTC

    Bolivia sends first chia shipment to China

    These sales are tariff-free, unlike those to the US, Arce noted

    Bolivia last week started exporting chia to China with a landmark 25-ton shipment from Agropecuaria Chía Corp Bolivia S.A. in Santa Cruz, after six years of negotiations resulted in an understanding in November 2024, which opened the vast Asian market.

  • Friday, April 18th 2025 - 10:42 UTC

    Paraguayan corn exports boosted by Brazilian demand

    Brazil upped demand after breaking records slaughtering farm animals whose feed has corn as a fundamental ingredient

    Between January and March 2025, Paraguayan corn exports rose by 84,000 tons compared to the same period in 2024, generating US$ 69 million in foreign currency, a US$ 15 million increase.

  • Friday, April 11th 2025 - 08:42 UTC

    US official admits no more meat to be bought from Argentina

    “The strategy and the plan are moving forward,” Rollins explained

    US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins confirmed that her country would not be purchasing any more meat from Argentina in a protectionist move to preserve local production. “No more meat from Argentina,” she said during a Fox News interview.

  • Wednesday, April 9th 2025 - 08:04 UTC

    Mercosur forecasts excellent rice crop, but with India back in the market, prices are expected to fall

    Record rice harvests in Uruguay but logistic costs are too high and tariffs are also a challenge

    Mercosur is expecting one of the best rice harvests of the last decade, and particularly in Uruguay (exporter of prime quality rice), yields of harvested fields are indicating possible new records. However Uruguay rice farmers are facing trade, price and logistics hurdles, according to farmer Karol Pinczak.

  • Wednesday, April 9th 2025 - 07:48 UTC

    FAO March Food Prices, cereals and sugar down, sharp increase in vegetable oils

    FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index increased by 3.7% since February, averaging 23.9% above its year-earlier level

    The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark indicator of global food price developments, remained virtually unchanged in March from its revised February reading, as lower global cereal and sugar quotations offset sharp increases in vegetable oil prices.

  • Wednesday, April 9th 2025 - 07:36 UTC

    Strong global market for beef, but Argentina is not keeping pace with other main exporters, BCR report

    In the first two months of 2025, main exporters, Brazil, Australia, Uruguay and Paraguay increased volume and revenue from sales of beef, while Argentina shipped 26% less

    Argentina’s beef exports totaled 96,805 metric tons in the first two months of 2025, down 26.1% from the same period in 2024, according to a report from the Rosario Board of Trade BCR. This has meant that in terms of revenue, exports fell 3.8% year-over-year to US$474.5 million for January and February combined.

  • Thursday, April 3rd 2025 - 10:17 UTC

    Initiatives for Paraguay's agriculture under way

    Giménez showcased the benefits of garlic cultivation in the country to international experts

    Paraguay's progress in sustainable agriculture and technological innovation to enhance its farming sector was highlighted Wednesday in Asunción at a Conference on Sustainable Agriculture on Family Farms organized by the National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (Inbio)

  • Monday, March 31st 2025 - 09:07 UTC

    Lula clinches meat export deal to Vietnam

    Hanoi is “finally going to buy Brazilian meat for the Vietnamese market,” celebrated Lula

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced this weekend that he clinched a meat export deal with Vietnam during his meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chinh, thus adding a new notch to bilateral trade, which last year amounted to US$ 7.7 billion with a US$ 415 million surplus for the South American country.

  • Thursday, March 27th 2025 - 15:38 UTC

    Influenza of avian origin (H5N1) confirmed in a single sheep in Yorkshire

    UK Chief Veterinary Officer Christine Middlemiss said that “while the risk to livestock remains low, I urge all animal owners to ensure scrupulous cleanliness is in place and to report any signs

    The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed a case of influenza of avian origin (H5N1) in a single sheep in Yorkshire following repeat positive milk testing. The case was identified following routine surveillance of co-located livestock on premises where avian influenza had been confirmed in captive birds. Defra has introduced livestock surveillance on infected premises following the outbreak of avian influenza in dairy cows in the US.