Agriculture

Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:46 UTC
Argentina industrial activity plummeted 6.3% in 2019, for the second year running

Argentina industrial activity plummeted 6.3% during 2019, completing two consecutive years of losses, reported the Argentina Industrial Union following a survey of the sector which showed auto manufacturing suffered the greatest contraction, 32.5%.
Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:35 UTC
Bayer to appeal Missouri court award of US$ 265m to a US peach grower

German chemical giant Bayer is to appeal against a Missouri court's award of US$ 265m (£203m) to a US peach grower who blamed a herbicide for crop damage. Farmer Bill Bader sued Bayer and BASF, alleging that dicamba weed-killer drifted onto his orchard from nearby fields, destroying them.
Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 06:11 UTC
Argentine meat industry suffering great losses because of coronavirus and closure of Chinese market

Argentina's meat industry is becoming highly complicated because of the drop in exports to its main market, China, warned Daniel Urcía, vice-president of the Argentine regional abattoirs industry, FIFRA.
Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 09:52 UTC
Argentine flatworm and predator Obama nungara, has become a plague of French gardens

One of the consequences of globalization is the inadvertent human-mediated spread of invasive species. The presence of a new invader, named Obama nungara, is reported in France by an international team led by Jean-Lou Justine of ISYEB (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France). This is the first study of this invasion, reported in an article published in the open-access journal PeerJ.
Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 09:32 UTC
Brazilian governor believes less protection of sugar will mean lower prices for consumers

The governor of Sao Paulo said on Monday at an industry conference that less protection of sugar would guarantee better access and lower prices for consumers. “Sugar is the most protected product in the market, the reduction of tax and non-tax barriers would guarantee better access,” Joao Doria said in his opening remarks at a three-day industry meet in Dubai.
Tuesday, February 11th 2020 - 07:55 UTC
Brazilian January inflation at its lowest driven by sharp decline in meat prices

Brazilian inflation kicked off the year on a soft footing, official figures showed, as the IPCA consumer price index posted its smallest January increase since the country’s “Real Plan” was launched more than a quarter of a century ago.
Tuesday, February 11th 2020 - 07:40 UTC
Germany reports outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus

Germany has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus in a backyard in the southwestern part of the country, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday.
Friday, February 7th 2020 - 19:06 UTC
World food prices rose for the fourth consecutive month in January

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 182.5 points during the month, up 0.7 percent from December and 11.3 percent higher than the same month a year earlier. Vegetable oils, sugar, and wheat were the chief drivers of the index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly-traded food commodities.
Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
US Environmental Protection Agency states that glyphosate in not a carcinogenic

The US Environmental Protection Agency said it finished a regulatory review that found glyphosate, the most widely used weed killer in the United States, is not a carcinogen.
Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 07:15 UTC
Brazilian meat industry confident the situation in China will boost demand for Mercosur poultry and beef

Brazil’s meat industry association ABPA said a “perfect storm” of health and food security concerns in China promises to drive up demand for Mercosur meat, giving Brazilian meatpacker shares a boost.