Agriculture

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  United States rice for Brazil: 30,000 tons according to USDA

  

  The United States reported last week the sale of 30,000 tons of rice to Brazil. This follows on the decision from the Brazilian Chamber of Foreign Trade (Camex) to slash tariffs on rice to zero, helping to reduce the price of the grain for consumers.

• Saturday, September 19th 2020 - 09:18 UTC

  Egypt becomes one of the main suppliers of garlic to the Brazilian market

  

  Egypt has become one of the main suppliers of garlic to Brazil, with data this year showing that in the first eight months the product sales have already exceeded US$ 5 million, according to SECEX, Brazil's foreign trade secretariat.

• Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:32 UTC

  UN food chief calls on billionaires to save 30 million people at risk of dying

  

  United Nations food chief David Beasley called on the world's billionaires on Thursday to step up to help save about 30 million people he said are at risk of dying if they don't receive help from the World Food Programme.

• Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Brazil's agribusiness exports in August reached US$ 8,9bn: China main client

  

  Brazil's agribusiness exports during August 2020, reached US$ 8.91 billion, an increase of 7.8% in relation to the same month in 2019 (US$ 8.26 billion). Between August 2019 and 2020, agribusiness product exports grew by 16.5% in absolute values.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2020 - 07:00 UTC

  Islands' Bits and Bobs

  

  As a result of Covid-19 impacts and restrictions the Falkland Islands' Department of Agriculture has redirected surplus funds towards a salary for a third Agricultural Advisor. Director of Natural Resources Andrea Clausen told the Agricultural Advisory Committee that the move had been made in light of the high workload on the current Advisors, particularly with the need to support the investigation of Responsible Wool Handling and of businesses managing a future of lower wool and red meat prices due to uncertainties in the world market, the impact of Covid-19 and Brexit.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Southern Brazil leads in exports of live cattle: US$ 111 million in seven months

  

  The port of Rio Grande in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul is shipping 4,000 head of cattle for Lebanon and 22,000 destined for Turkey, totaling 26,000 animals to be exported.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  US/UK scientists create gene edited cattle with “surrogate sires” conditions

  

  Scientists have created gene-edited pigs, goats, and cattle to produce sperm with traits such as disease resistance and higher meat quality in what they say is a step towards genetically enhancing livestock to improve food production.

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 11:19 UTC

  China's impact on poor Brazilians: prices of staples skyrocket, black beans 30%, rice 20%

  

  Black beans are up nearly 30%, beef about 40% – Brazilians are facing a skyrocketing rise in food prices, caused by record exports to China and strong domestic demand. This rebound, amid the economic and social crisis caused by the new coronavirus pandemic, has led the president, Jair Bolsonaro, to ask the owners of supermarkets to show “patriotism” and “keep their profit margin as low as possible”.

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 11:18 UTC

  Japan, China, South Korea ban pork imports from Germany; Spain, US and Brazil expected to benefit

  

  Japan suspended imports of pork and live pigs from Germany after a case of African swine fever (ASF) was confirmed in a wild boar in eastern Germany, the agriculture ministry said.

• Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 09:26 UTC

  German pork industry on tenterhooks: possible case of African Swine Fever

  

  A deadly pig disease may have just entered Germany, which, if confirmed, could spook international buyers and ravage exports from Europe's biggest hog-producing nation. A suspected case of African swine fever has been identified in the eastern state of Brandenburg, the Agriculture Ministry said late this week, referring to the virus that kills most infected pigs within 10 days but is not harmful to humans.