Tag: Uruguay drought

• Monday, June 17th 2024 - 09:46 UTC

  Uruguay better equipped in case of new drought

  

  Uruguayan authorities are adopting contingency measures in case a new drought comes about in September as the La Niña phenomenon has been forecast to be bringing along a significant decrease in rainfall, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Thursday, September 21st 2023 - 10:47 UTC

  Agricultural emergency extended in Uruguay

  

  Uruguayan authorities announced Wednesday that the agricultural state of emergency declared due to the drought affecting the country will be extended until the end of 2023, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Thursday, July 13th 2023 - 10:39 UTC

  Uruguay's Tourism Minister says Argentine President's words were harmful

  

  Uruguay's Tourism Minister Tabaré Viera Wednesday said that Argentine President Alberto Fernández's remarks that no water came out when people opened the faucets in Montevideo had resulted in numerous cancellations.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2023 - 09:43 UTC

  Uruguay extends agricultural emergency to support drought-hit producers

  

  Uruguay's Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries Fernando Mattos Tuesday announced that the Government of President Luis Lacalle Pou was extending the agricultural and livestock emergency until April.

• Thursday, May 3rd 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  Uruguay´s soybean crop forecasted to drop 43% because of devastating drought

  

  Due to the recent devastating drought, soybean production in Uruguay is forecast to drop to 1.7 million tons in 2017-18, according to an April 30 Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.