AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY Argentina has surplus harvest, but farmers want more from Milei 22-06-2024 09:03 Farmers are delaying agricultural sales as they wait for President Javier Milei to eliminate taxes and exchange barriers.
Agriculture Natural pesticides gain ground in 'agri-tox' capital Brazil 19-02-2024 14:14 Agricultural powerhouse Brazil may be the world leader in chemical pesticide use, but there is a growing trend of farmers turning to natural products known as "biopesticides."
MILEI Milei would unshackle Argentine farming, oil sectors 17-08-2023 14:56 Shock election-race leader Javier Milei would scrap soy taxes; He’d also privatise shale driller YPF and ditch EV battery bid.
AGRO DOLLAR New 'agro dollar' exchange rate criticised by producers, opposition 21-07-2023 18:07 Head of the Rural Society and Buenos Aires City mayor join forces to seek structural measures for the farming sector.
AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY Brazil may surpass United States as world's number one corn exporter 21-04-2023 09:32 Brazilian corn production should set a new record in 2023, allowing the country to become the world's leading exporter of maize, ahead of the United States.
AGRICULTURE Argentina’s soy harvest set for 14-year low amid punishing drought 10-02-2023 10:56 Major losses from harvest anticipated due to ‘worst drought in 60 years’; Forecasts slashed for soy, maize and wheat crops.
MEAT EXPORTS In Uruguay, an effort to save horses from foreign plates 28-12-2022 13:07 The Santuarios Primitivo NGO is doing its best to rescue horses in Uruguay, where slaughter of the beloved animals is increasing rapidly.
And that reminds me… Dry rot or drought rout 17-12-2022 05:32 Argentina’s numerous crises are invariably a fertile field for extended analysis by pundits and economists but this columnist would argue that in many cases the causes can be reduced to a single word – drought. by Michael Soltys