Tag: agriculture

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 13:55 UTC

  Brazilian agri-business exploring and confirming new markets

  

  Brazilian agriculture continues to penetrate the international market further. The month of March was marked by the opening of new markets for Brazilian products and the expansion of sales in other locations. Egypt, for example, has enabled 42 Brazilian establishments to supply meat – 27 for poultry and 15 for beef – in addition to the renewal of licenses for 95 companies – 82 for beef and 13 for poultry.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2020 - 07:44 UTC

  Argentina increases soybean exports tax 10%, from 30% to 33%: small farmers will pay less

  

  Argentina raised taxes on soybean exports to 33% from the current 30%, a spokesman for the CRA confederation of farmers said on Tuesday following a meeting with government officials.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Surge of “family farmer” bankruptcies in US; 2019 was the highest in eight years

  

  U.S. farm bankruptcy rates jumped 20% in 2019 - to an eight-year high - as financial woes in the U.S. agricultural economy continued in spite of massive federal bail-out funding, according to federal court data.

• 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.

• Wednesday, December 4th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil celebrates: 0.6% expansion in third quarter: rebound of agriculture and industry

  

  Brazil's economy expanded in the third quarter at its fastest pace since early last year, official data showed on Tuesday, with 0.6% growth over the previous quarter driven by a strong performance in agriculture and a sharp rebound in the industry.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  German farmers protest new agricultural policy which promotes organic practices

  

  Thousands of farmers drove their tractors into German cities on Tuesday, in protest at the government's new agricultural policies which they say will hurt their livelihoods and make them scapegoats for climate change.

• Tuesday, October 8th 2019 - 08:33 UTC

  Trump hails trade agreements with Japan in agriculture and digital commerce

  

  President Donald Trump on Monday hailed a banner day for American farmers, announcing two trade agreements with Japan that he said would deepen economic ties in agriculture and digital commerce.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  US lawsuit related to glyphosate herbicide has been delayed to 20 February

  

  A pending US lawsuit over claims related to Bayer's glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup has been delayed, the company said on Sunday with a new court date set for February 2020.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Brazilian farmers face the challenge of African Swine Fever impact in China

  

  Chinese commodities trader COFCO said it expects a sharp drop in the number of soybeans it will source for export from Brazil this year due to an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in China that has hurt demand for animal feed.

• 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.