Agriculture

Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 09:35 UTC
China agrees to open its soymeal livestock feed market to Argentina; pact will be signed Wednesday

China will allow the import of soymeal livestock feed from Argentina for the first time under a deal announced by Buenos Aires on Tuesday, an agreement that will link the world's top exporter of the feed with the top global consumer.
Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 20:42 UTC
Uruguayan Rural Association Vice-president valued visit from Falklands producers: “They have an impeccable model”

The exchange between agricultural producers in the Falkland Islands and specialists in the Uruguayan sheep sector has become stronger in recent days since a delegation from the islands toured the country visiting sites related to the textile industry.
Monday, September 9th 2019 - 09:33 UTC
African Swine fever has reached Philippines confirmed by UK lab

Dead pigs found in some backyard farms in the Philippines tested positive for the African swine fever virus, the country's agriculture chief said on Monday, the first outbreak of the disease detected in the Southeast Asian country.
Saturday, September 7th 2019 - 09:36 UTC
Bolsonaro calls for an outburst of flag colors on Independence Day to remind the world “Amazon is ours”

President Jair Bolsonaro has urged people to attend the September 7 Independence Day festivities dressed in green and yellow to “show the world” that “the Amazon is ours.”
Saturday, September 7th 2019 - 09:00 UTC
Brazil's agribusiness joins the campaign to stop rainforest fires in the Amazon

The Brazilian Amazon is facing its worst spate of forest fires since 2010, with news of the destruction of the world's largest rainforest last month prompting global outcry and worries that it could hurt demand for the country's exports.
Friday, September 6th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Uruguay farmers gathered in Montevideo to protest against the government: clashes with the police

Horses, tractors and hundreds of rural producers from all over the country gathered in front of the Uruguay Parliament on Thursday to denounce the problems that the agricultural sector is experiencing and criticize the government for not listening to the proposals of the Un Solo Uruguay (One Uruguay) movement. The political, non-partisan movement brings together producers and actors of the rural environment and the interior of the country.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 20:26 UTC
Falklands farmers in Uruguay

A FALKLANDS delegation is currently visiting farms in Uruguay. Penguin News asked the group if they would provide an insight into their experience so far.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 20:23 UTC
World cereal and sugar prices dip in August, but meat is up 12.3% in eight months

Global food prices declined in August, driven by sharp falls in the prices of staple cereals and sugar, according to a report issued today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Brazil soybean sales to China in August down 40% year on year

Brazil shipped 4.1 million tons of soybeans to China in August, down 40% year on year, according to the Secretariat of Foreign Trade of Brazil, or Secex. Though Secex didn’t provide any reason for the sharp drop, but trade sources cited rising competition from Argentina and African swine fever among the reasons for the decline.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:44 UTC
Argentine farmers changing from corn to soybeans to cut costs

Argentine farmers, anxious about an increasingly murky political outlook and economic turmoil, are turning toward soy over more expensive corn to cut costs, a shift that could impact next season’s harvest in one of the world’s top grain exporters.