Agriculture

• Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 08:27 UTC

  Brazilian commodities exports booming: corn shipments exceed soybean

  

  Data released on Monday by Brazil' Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex) indicates that corn exports reached 2 million tons in the first week of August and exceeded soybean shipments in this period.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazilian food processor JBS hiring additional workers in many plants plagued with the coronavirus

  

  Food processor JBS SA is hiring 5,200 additional workers in Brazil, seeking to boost output in a key export base while fending off the threat of the novel coronavirus, which disrupted some its plants in the second quarter.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2020 - 09:35 UTC

  Record export of Brazilian beef in July; China becomes the insatiable client

  

  Brazilian beef exports including fresh and processed products reached a monthly record of 194,093 tons during July, up 17% from the same month a year ago, according to the Brazilian Slaughterhouse Association (Abrafrigo).

• Monday, August 10th 2020 - 06:59 UTC

  Canola price boom in Canada despite China not buying directly

  

  Canadian canola prices have soared to the highest in nearly two years, despite a diplomatic dispute between Ottawa and Beijing, as exporters find roundabout ways to reach top oilseed buyer China.

• Saturday, August 8th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  Brazil estimates record soybean crop of 130,5 million tons in 2021; wheat imports could climb to 7,3 million tons

  

  Brazilian soybean production is expected to increase some five million tons in the 2020/21 harvest to a record 130,5 million tons, according to Daniel Amaral, chief economist of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove). Based on this crop oilseed exports could reach 80 million tons in 2021, while domestic crushing could reach a new annual record of 45 million tons.

• Thursday, August 6th 2020 - 09:21 UTC

  Destruction of Beirut port silos leaves Lebanon with only a month of wheat

  

  Lebanon’s main grain silo at Beirut port was destroyed in a blast, leaving the nation with less than a month’s reserves of the grain but enough flour to avoid a crisis, the economy minister said on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, August 4th 2020 - 10:20 UTC

  Ship with Brazilian soybeans arrives in China with several crew members Covid-19 tested positive

  

  According to the Agricensus Agency, a load of Brazilian soy exported to northern China was detained on July 25 because ten crew members aboard a ship from Rio Grande do Sul have tested positive for Covid-19.

• Saturday, August 1st 2020 - 06:27 UTC

  Brazil expects a record soybean harvest of 130 million tons

  

  Brazil’s soybean production in 2020/21 is expected to jump to a record 130 million tons, with good prices driving farmers to increase planting in pasture areas after a drought reduced the harvest in the south of the country in 2019/20.

• Friday, July 31st 2020 - 10:10 UTC

  Falklands government supports farmers by purchasing 50% of unsold wool

  

  Sixty seven farms have taken up the offer from Falkland Islands government, FIG, to purchase their wool clip in relation to Covid-19 support for the Agricultural sector.

• Thursday, July 30th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Brazil optimistic about a Mercosur free trade accord with Canada

  

  An estimate by Brazil´s Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA) points out that the conclusion of a free trade agreement between Mercosur and Canada has the potential to increase Brazilian export revenues of agricultural products by US$7.8 billion.