Agriculture

• Friday, November 29th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  EU approves increase in US beef imports to ease bilateral trade tensions

  

  European Union lawmakers approved an increase in U.S. beef imports to the EU on Thursday, a move likely to ease transatlantic tensions. But they also criticized tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on metal imports and a threat he has made to target EU cars and car parts.

• Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  China buying all Brazilian beef available; meat prices in Sao Paulo at record high

  

  Chinese demand is increasingly swallowing up Brazil's beef supply, pushing the country's cattle prices to a record high. China’s hunger for foreign meat has shot up as an outbreak of African swine fever has reduced its domestic pig population and has sent it looking for substitutes.

• Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Argentine send first shipment of chilled pork for China

  

  Argentina has sent its first shipment of chilled pork to China, the government announced, as China's pork imports rise due to a devastating outbreak of African swine fever at home.

• Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  French winemakers' lobby convince Macron to forget about a 'Dry January'

  

  The French government has quietly abandoned a campaign urging people to refrain from drinking alcohol in January after winemakers pushed President Emmanuel Macron to drop a plan they say promotes “total abstinence”.

• Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  US Congress wants to investigate Brazil's meatpacking giant JBS

  

  A top United States Democratic congresswoman on Thursday asked the Agriculture Department (USDA) to investigate and retract tens of millions of dollars in federal contracts with the U.S. subsidiary of a Brazilian meatpacking company facing federal corruption charges.

• Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  FAO Director General calls for ocean sustainable solutions for fisheries

  

  Various investments in ocean sustainability will raise the amount of fish to feed the poor, helping drive progress towards the eradication of hunger which is the lynchpin for achieving the other Sustainable Development Goals, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said in a speech.

• Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 09:02 UTC

  Three years of bonanza for meat exporters because of China's pig disease

  

  Global meat shippers have three years to make the most of the outbreak of fatal pig disease in China before Chinese pork imports peak, according to a report released by the U.S. pork industry, which is competing for sales against Europe and South America.

• Wednesday, November 6th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  China will resume imports of Canadian beef and pork, PM Trudeau announces

  

  China has agreed to resume imports of Canadian beef and pork, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday, signaling a breakthrough in their tense relations.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Bayer says farmers remain loyal to glyphosate herbicides

  

  Bayer, the world's largest maker of seeds and pesticides, said U.S. farmers were unperturbed by lawsuits seeking damages from Bayer for an alleged cancer-causing effect of glyphosate-based herbicides.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 08:42 UTC

  African swine fever will spread further and no country is immune, OIE

  

  African swine fever will spread further across Asia where it has devastated herds, and no country is immune from being hit by the deadly animal virus, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday.