Grains merchant Bunge has chartered 30,000 metric tons of Argentine soybean meal cargo destined for China, data seen by Reuters on Monday showed, which would mark the first such soymeal cargo since Beijing approved Argentine imports in 2019.
Bunge charters first Argentine soy meal cargo to China, shipping data show
South American farmers hail Mercosur-EU deal, wary of fine print
South America's agricultural sector, a key source of global food, celebrated on Friday as the regional Mercosur bloc and the European Union struck a free trade agreement, though farmers said they wanted to see the small print of the deal.
Argentina corn harvest faces more deep cuts from stunt disease spread
Argentina's corn harvest, already cut sharply due a stunt disease spread by leafhopper insects, was "likely" to be slashed significantly further, a Rosario grains exchange analyst said on Wednesday, a blow to the embattled South American country.
Brazil approves cultivation of GM wheat
Only Argentina had approved a biotech wheat until now
Brazil has become the second country in the world, after Argentina, to approve the cultivation of genetically modified wheat, following a decision by the nation’s biosecurity agency CTNbio. The approval request was made by plant genetics company Tropical Melhoramento e Genetica, a partner in Brazil of Argentina’s Bioceres, which has developed a variety of drought-resistant
More South American nations report bird flu cases
Brazil still remains free of contagion
Sao Paulo | Reuters — The confirmation of more bird flu cases in South America raised alarm bells in Brazil, which remains free of contagion even after its close neighbours Argentina and Uruguay confirmed cases there on Wednesday. In a press conference to discuss the global sanitary hazard, Brazilian Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro said Brazil,
Arid wheat fields and dead cows
A snapshot of Argentina’s worst drought in decades reveals grim picture
Reuters – In the fields around the town of Navarro, in Argentina’s Pampas farm belt, the dried-out bed of a huge lagoon and decaying bodies of dead cattle are stark signs of a historic drought that is hammering crops and farmers like Ignacio Bastanchuri. Some 100 kilometres west of capital Buenos Aires, Navarro is one
Argentina gambles on GM wheat
As war and drought hit global crops, Latin American nation sees opportunity for technology
Reuters – In fields near the Argentine farm town of Pergamino, spiky green shoots of wheat stretch in neat rows to the horizon. It is a crop that developers hope will boost yields of the grain thanks to a single gene borrowed from sunflowers to help it better tolerate drought. Reached along a dusty farm
Argentine growers who hold soybeans face higher financing costs
Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine soy farmers who hold onto stock of more than five per cent of their production will face an elevated financing cost above the normal benchmark rate, the South American country’s central bank said on Thursday, part of a wider push to encourage sales. The central bank said soy farmers
With world short of wheat, Argentina farmers worry about crop
From weather worries to political whims and lack of inputs, key exporter expected to produce much smaller wheat harvest
Reuters – Drought is only the beginning of worries for growers like Juan Francisco Arregui in Argentina. The world is relying on more wheat than usual these days to fill a supply crunch of grain needed to make bread and flour. “This season for wheat is complicated,” Arregui told Reuters, as he stood in a
Argentina wheat-planting area faces further cuts, grains exchange warns
Reuters – Argentina’s 2022-23 wheat-planting area estimate could be cut a third time if drought persists in large parts of producing areas, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange (BdeC) said June 16, adding chances were slim for strong rainfall. Argentina is a top global exporter of wheat and the No. 1 soyoil and meal exporter. Its
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