Tag: soybean

• Thursday, July 18th 2013 - 08:45 UTC

  Argentina 2012/2013 crop expected to reach a record 105 million tons says Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentina’s 2012/2013 grain and oilseed crop reached a record 105 million tons, announced President Cristina Fernandez underlining the excellent performance of the maize harvest and yields.

• Monday, June 10th 2013 - 20:41 UTC

  Argentina celebrates: China accepts three GM types of soybean for consumption

  

  China approved three genetically modified soybean types for consumption, including the RR2BT seed resistant to the imidazolinonas and the glufosinat-ammonium herbicides. The announcement was made following a meeting between Agriculture ministers from Argentina and China in Beijing.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 02:10 UTC

  Argentine ports strike stalls oilseed and grains exports at peak harvest time

  

  Argentine longshoremen on strike at the peak of summer harvests exports have scores of grains ships delayed in and around due to a three-day-old conflict that threatens to bog down shipments at a time of heightened world demand for South American soy and corn, according to industry sources.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2013 - 18:32 UTC

  Monsanto wins leading soybean seed replicating case to the relief of biotechnology industry

  

  In a decision that drew sighs of relief from the biotechnology industry, the US Supreme Court ruled that an Indiana farmer violated agribusiness company Monsanto Co’s patent for a type of soybean. The court agreed unanimously with Monsanto that Vernon Bowman, 75, had performed an end-run around the law when he used the company’s patented soybean seeds without seeking a licence.

• Thursday, February 28th 2013 - 01:50 UTC

  Argentine soy bean crop despite late rainfall expected to reach 48 million tons

  

  The Rosario Chamber of Commerce estimates Argentina’s soy production at 48 million tons, which is 9.4% below the 2012/13 harvest estimate of January, 53 million tons, mainly because of a prolonged drought which extended from early December to mid February.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 15:46 UTC

  Uruguay exports in 2012 reach 8.7bn dollars, a new numerical record

  

  Uruguay exports increased 9% last year over 2011 reaching 8.751 billion dollars a numerical historic record according to the primary figures released by the Instituto Uruguay XXI, a government funded organization to promote foreign trade. Soybeans, beef and rice remain as Uruguay’s main export items.

• Thursday, December 27th 2012 - 06:01 UTC

  Xmas rainstorms and soggy soil delaying soy and corn planting in Argentina

  

  Christmas rainstorms across Argentina further delayed soy and corn planting, keeping markets guessing about whether the grains powerhouse can produce enough this season to help bring high-flying global food prices down to earth.

• Friday, November 23rd 2012 - 13:10 UTC

  Argentina wheat forecast down because of flooding in key parts of farm belt

  

  Argentina's government cut this season's wheat output forecast, citing three months of heavy rains that started in August and flooded key parts of the Pampas farm belt, the Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 06:04 UTC

  After dreadful year, great expectations in Argentina with 2012/13 soybean crop

  

  Argentine farmers will increase soy planting by almost 4% following a year of bad global crop weather. In the first soybean area estimate of the 2012/13 season, the Argentine Agriculture Ministry said 19.4 million hectares will be sown in the weeks ahead compared to 18.7 million hectares in 2011/12.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 07:07 UTC

  Argentine ‘soybean king’ forecasts a new but “green industrial revolution”

  

  The man known in Argentina as “soybean king” said the country was facing a “new industrial revolution”, but factories now won’t have chimneys because they will really be “green factories”.