Agriculture

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Weather and ports' strike in Argentina boosting soy and cereals prices

  

  United States soybeans climbed to six-year highs this week as weather and export troubles in Argentina outweighed concerns of a new coronavirus strain hitting Britain. Corn and wheat futures traded near even as soybeans supported the grains complex.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Peruvian agriculture export companies workers take to highways to renew protests

  

  Workers from agricultural export companies in Peru renewed protests this week after Congress failed to reach an agreement to reform the sector and address their complaints about poor pay.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  Kashmir's saffron “red gold” harvest depleted by climate change

  

  On sweeping fields once blanketed in lush purple, a thin and bedraggled crop of flowers was all farmers in Indian-administered Kashmir’s saffron-growing region Pampore had to show for this year’s harvest.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 08:16 UTC

  FAO report on the lanternfish in the deep Atlantic Ocean

  

  Deep below the Atlantic Ocean’s surface, glowing objects glide through the inky black depths. On closer inspection, it is clear that they are actually a special group of fish, lanternfish, who get their name from their incredible ability to produce light.

• Tuesday, December 22nd 2020 - 08:18 UTC

  Workers strike in Argentine ports disrupting wheat millers' operations in Brazil

  

  The prolongation of a workers' strike in the ports of Argentina may disrupt wheat millers' operations in Brazil, especially if the labor action is not called off before the end of the year, industry representatives were quoted in the Brazilian media.

• Saturday, December 19th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Brazilian senate approves bill facilitating purchase of rural properties by foreign companies

  

  The Brazilian Senate unexpectedly approved a bill this week to facilitate the purchase and leasing of rural properties in Brazil by foreign nationals or foreign companies. The legislation must be approved by the lower house of Congress before the president can sign it into law.

• Saturday, December 19th 2020 - 07:52 UTC

  US approves GM pigs for use as food and for medical products

  

  The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a genetically modified pig to be used as food and for medical products.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine oil seed crushing workers strike continues; 130 ships waiting to load

  

  Argentine oilseed workers are expected to continue the strike actions that are currently hitting activity at most of the country’s crushing capacity until at least next week after last-ditch salary talks with the sector’s chambers failed, Daniel Yofra, the secretary-general of crushers’ union FTCIOD has told Agricensus.

• Saturday, December 12th 2020 - 09:21 UTC

  China suspends meat imports from two Brazilian companies

  

  China has temporarily suspended meat imports from two Brazilian companies, Brazil's agriculture ministry said late on Friday.

• Friday, December 11th 2020 - 19:58 UTC

  Argentine grain inspectors and oilseed workers extend the wage strike

  

  Argentine grains inspectors and oilseeds workers extended on Friday a wage strike as stalling contract negotiations threaten to interrupt exports from one of the world's main grain producers.