Agriculture

• Saturday, December 28th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  China's top pig producing province pledges to grow 60 million hogs in 2020

  

  China's top pig producer Sichuan province pledged to produce 60 million hogs in 2020, around levels in previous years, state media reported on Friday, after a deadly pig disease decimated the country's massive pig herd.

• Friday, December 27th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Scottish salmon producer defends his brand by going after the illegal food trade with forensic science

  

  A high-end Scottish salmon producer is taking on the illegal food fraud trade with forensic science, ahead of a big push into the United States. Loch Duart has used the technology to launch sting operations on outlets suspected of selling inferior fish, falsely bearing the company's brand.

• Tuesday, December 24th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Beijing pledges to purchase US$ 40bn of US agricultural products per year

  

  China will make good on a pledge to purchase more than US$40 billion per year of U.S. agricultural products under the recently agreed Phase 1 trade deal between the two countries, China’s top agriculture consultancy said on Friday.

• Wednesday, December 18th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazil/China finalizing sanitary protocol for soy-meal exports to the Asian giant

  

  Brazilian and Chinese government authorities are finalizing a protocol setting health standards for domestic processors to export soy-meal to the Asian country, André Nassar, president of oilseeds industry group Abiove, announced.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 23:54 UTC

  Argentine farmers reject increase in export taxes, but privilege dialogue

  

  Argentine farmers are disappointed with the new taxes on farm produce exports decreed by government, and particularly with president Alberto Fernandez who had promised during the campaign to work with them in developing policies.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Beef prices to remain high in 2020 because of China, forecasts meatpacker Marfrig Global Foods

  

  The price of beef in Brazil will remain high in 2020 but not at current levels, an executive for meatpacker Marfrig Global Foods said on Friday, citing high demand from China and other Asian countries.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 08:29 UTC

  OIE confirms Falklands Veterinary Services exercise of a simulated FMD outbreak

  

  Ross Milner, Veterinary Officer, Falkland Islands Government, informed the OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) that a desk-top simulation exercise involving a simulated outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) took place in Stanley, Falkland Islands on 30 October 2019.

• Sunday, December 15th 2019 - 10:58 UTC

  Rise on Argentine agrifood export taxes decreed, effective immediately

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández signed a decree whereby export taxes on soy, wheat, corn and beef go up. The decree became available Saturday as it appeared in the Official Gazette and is effective immediately.

• Friday, December 13th 2019 - 03:00 UTC

  US and China closer to striking final trade deal: end of uncertainty for investors foreseeable

  

  The United States have reached a phase one trade deal with China, unofficial White House sources leaked to the press Thursday, pending approval from President Donald Trump.

• Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Next Argentine agriculture minister sets warning alarms among farmers

  

  The next agriculture, livestock and fisheries minister of Argentina, as anticipated by MercoPress, will be Luis Basterra, president-elect Alberto Fernandez confirmed on Friday, an appointment met with some scepticism by farmers worried about a possible revival of interventionist policies.