Agriculture

• Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  Argentina's Vicentin soy giant claims government never informed it of taking over the group

  

  Late Monday the Vicentin soy crushing giant group, which Argentine president Alberto Fernandez had previously announced it would take over to ensure jobs and food sovereignty, made public a release denying any job losses and revealing it was in talks with interested parties to overcome the current under administration situation.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 07:25 UTC

  Argentina will take over soy-crushing giant, currently under administration

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced Monday evening a plan to seize crop trader Vicentin SAIC in a move that is anticipated will ring alarm bells in soy markets, among investors in the country and even the current foreign debt negotiations.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Helped by a weaker currency, record export of Brazilian soybean to China

  

  Brazil's May soybean exports jumped 45% on the year to reach 15.5 million tons, the second-highest monthly soy shipment ever, the latest foreign trade department data released on June first showed, with a hefty 74% of this volume bound for China.

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Spread of coronavirus threatening Brazilian slaughterhouses

  

  Brazilian food company BRF SA said the potential closure of slaughterhouses due the spread of the novel coronavirus at meat production sites would make it impossible to keep output at current levels.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 14:33 UTC

  Tim Atkin's report on the remarkable transformation of Argentine wines

  

  The latest annual report, which is available through his website timatkin.com, is the eighth of his annual reports from Argentina. Atkin said: “I first went to Argentina in 1992 and the transformation has been remarkable. I can’t think of another country, even South Africa that has changed so much in my wine writing lifetime.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  Brazilian agribusiness exports to China booming

  

  In the first four months of this year, Brazilian agribusiness exports totaled US$31.40 billion, marking a 5.9% increase year-on-year. The growth of agribusiness exports resulted in an increase in volumes 11.1%, while the index price suffered a drop of 4.7%.

• Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  Next Monday Itaipu opens its spillway to help lift the drought stricken Parana river level

  

  The world's largest operational hydroelectric dam, Itaipu Plant announced that starting next Monday, May 18, it will open its spillway to help Paraguay and Argentina, which are suffering from a drought and hence having problems transporting their grain harvest.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Parana River embankment collapse hampers Argentina's grains exports

  

  Ships transporting cargo from Argentina's Rosario grain hub through the Parana River are having to reduce their cargoes after a bank collapse obstructed the navigation channel, exporters have revealed.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2020 - 08:18 UTC

  Beijing disappointed with Australia: suspends meat imports from four abattoirs

  

  China has suspended meat imports from four Australian abattoirs, fuelling concerns that escalating tensions between the two nations are damaging Australia's most important trading relationship.

• Friday, May 8th 2020 - 09:28 UTC

  Brazil expects beef exports to set a new record in 2020 in volume and value

  

  Brazilian beef exports in 2020 will likely set a new record in terms of volume and value despite the novel coronavirus pandemic, Antônio Camardelli, president of beef group Abiec, said on Thursday.