Agriculture

Tuesday, May 21st 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Rio Grande do Sul still far from recovering from floods

Brazilian authorities have released a new report updating the number of casualties in the storm-hit State of Rio Grande do Sul to 157 with 88 people still missing and some 650,000 others displaced.
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Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 11:07 UTC
China purchasing 95,000 tons of beef monthly from Brazil

April 2024 was a historic milestone in beef exports for Brazil having shipped 236,842 tons, generating revenues totaling US$ 1.043 billion, points out Agrilink. Leading the list was China, trailed closely by the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, which experienced a substantial 38.9% surge in imports compared to March 2024, driven by increased demand for beef offal.
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Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 10:35 UTC
Two more Uruguayan meatpacking plants cleared for shipments to China

Chinese authorities have authorized additional Uruguayan slaughterhouses to ship beef and horsemeat from plants in Florida and Canelones to that country, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Fernando Mattos confirmed Friday.
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Tuesday, May 14th 2024 - 10:31 UTC
Australia planning to end live animals exports; processed lamb and mutton sales overseas booming

Under the influence of animal welfare groups and declining profits, Australia plans to implement legislation to end the export of live animals in some four years time. Under the plan farmers who depend on such a trade will be helped to make the switch to domestic processing, which has turned into a booming success.
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Monday, May 13th 2024 - 20:09 UTC
Paraguayan beef granted entry into Canadian market

Canada's Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) greenlighted the entry of Paraguayan meat into their market with nine packing plants already authorized to start shipments. Paraguayan President Santiago Peña celebrated the good news with postings on social media. “I congratulate all the institutions and sectors involved for this important achievement,” he wrote.
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Monday, May 13th 2024 - 10:48 UTC
Brazil to buy rice from Mercosur countries to feed storm-hit Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil's National Supply Company (Conab) has been entrusted with purchasing one million tons of rice to feed the people of Rio Grande do Sul and avoid the intervention of middle people seeking a black market profit from the victims of the unprecedented storms. Under normal circumstances, Rio Grande do Sul accounts for 70% of Brazil's rice production.
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Thursday, May 9th 2024 - 21:43 UTC
April FAO food prices index slightly higher, vegetable oils and cereals climbing

The benchmark for world food commodity prices edged higher in April, as higher prices of meat and modest upticks for vegetable oils and cereals outweighed decreases in sugar and dairy product prices, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.
Monday, May 6th 2024 - 20:24 UTC
Rich Chinese beef consumers are becoming more aware of traceability and Amazon deforestation

A survey conducted in Beijing and Shanghai between two renowned academic groups in China and Brazil, revealed that some Chinese consumers are willing to pay more for beef, provided it is not linked to deforestation in the Amazon and have a budding interest in traceability.
Sunday, May 5th 2024 - 12:03 UTC
Campaign in several US states to ban sale of lab-grown “cultivated” meat

Several US states, spear headed by Florida are on a campaign to ban the sale and distribution of lab-grown or “cultivated” meat. The process of making cultivated meat involves extracting cells from an animal, which are then fed with nutrients such as proteins, sugars and fats, and they were first cleared for consumption in the US in 2022. The end product is genetically indistinguishable from traditionally produced meat.
Saturday, May 4th 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Japanese PM discusses Mercosur FTA with Paraguay's President

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Friday in Asunción to strengthen bilateral ties as well as to further discuss a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). Peña, who holds the group's rotating presidency, expressed in a statement his “fervent desire” to “move forward with a free trade agreement between Mercosur and Japan.”