Agriculture

Friday, April 11th 2025 - 08:42 UTC
US official admits no more meat to be bought from Argentina

US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins confirmed that her country would not be purchasing any more meat from Argentina in a protectionist move to preserve local production. “No more meat from Argentina,” she said during a Fox News interview.
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Wednesday, April 9th 2025 - 08:04 UTC
Mercosur forecasts excellent rice crop, but with India back in the market, prices are expected to fall

Mercosur is expecting one of the best rice harvests of the last decade, and particularly in Uruguay (exporter of prime quality rice), yields of harvested fields are indicating possible new records. However Uruguay rice farmers are facing trade, price and logistics hurdles, according to farmer Karol Pinczak.
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Wednesday, April 9th 2025 - 07:48 UTC
FAO March Food Prices, cereals and sugar down, sharp increase in vegetable oils

The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark indicator of global food price developments, remained virtually unchanged in March from its revised February reading, as lower global cereal and sugar quotations offset sharp increases in vegetable oil prices.
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Wednesday, April 9th 2025 - 07:36 UTC
Strong global market for beef, but Argentina is not keeping pace with other main exporters, BCR report

Argentina’s beef exports totaled 96,805 metric tons in the first two months of 2025, down 26.1% from the same period in 2024, according to a report from the Rosario Board of Trade BCR. This has meant that in terms of revenue, exports fell 3.8% year-over-year to US$474.5 million for January and February combined.
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Thursday, April 3rd 2025 - 10:17 UTC
Initiatives for Paraguay's agriculture under way

Paraguay's progress in sustainable agriculture and technological innovation to enhance its farming sector was highlighted Wednesday in Asunción at a Conference on Sustainable Agriculture on Family Farms organized by the National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (Inbio)
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Monday, March 31st 2025 - 09:07 UTC
Lula clinches meat export deal to Vietnam

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced this weekend that he clinched a meat export deal with Vietnam during his meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chinh, thus adding a new notch to bilateral trade, which last year amounted to US$ 7.7 billion with a US$ 415 million surplus for the South American country.
Thursday, March 27th 2025 - 15:38 UTC
Influenza of avian origin (H5N1) confirmed in a single sheep in Yorkshire

The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed a case of influenza of avian origin (H5N1) in a single sheep in Yorkshire following repeat positive milk testing. The case was identified following routine surveillance of co-located livestock on premises where avian influenza had been confirmed in captive birds. Defra has introduced livestock surveillance on infected premises following the outbreak of avian influenza in dairy cows in the US.
Friday, March 21st 2025 - 09:09 UTC
Bolivia and China sign phytosanitary protocol for sorghum exports

Bolivia’s Minister of Rural Development and Lands, Yamil Flores, and China’s Vice Minister of Customs, Wang Lingjun, Thursday signed in La Paz a Protocol of Phytosanitary Requirements for the export of sorghum from the South American country.
Thursday, March 20th 2025 - 05:25 UTC
Israel's market opens up to Paraguayan sheep meat

Paraguay's National Animal Health and Quality Service (Senacsa) announced Wednesday the opening of Israel's market to sheep meat exports from the South American country, following approval of a slaughterhouse by Israel's Veterinary and Animal Health Service (IVSAH). This milestone is expected to boost sheep production and create economic opportunities, building on last year's record animal product exports to Israel worth US$ 147.6 million.
Friday, March 14th 2025 - 19:42 UTC
FAO: Coffee production down brings prices up to all-time high

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a report on Friday stating that global coffee prices hit a 13-year high in December last year, driven by reduced production in major exporting countries due to adverse weather.