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The Senate has approved on September 27th<\/sup>\u00a0the Bill 2903\/23, which establishes\u00a0the Temporal Framework for the demarcation of indigenous lands.<\/b>\u00a0The proposal will go to the president of the republic, Lu\u00edz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, for approval. The text determines that indigenous peoples will only be able to claim ownership of areas they occupied before October 5th<\/sup>, 1988, the date of the promulgation of the Constitution. (Senate Agency)<\/p>\nMarfrig reached a stake of 40.1% of BRF’s total shares.<\/b>\u00a0According to the company, the acquisition aims to increase shareholding in BRF, without the intention of changing the company’s current composition of control or the administrative structure. (BRF)<\/p>\n
Sugarcane yields in the central-south region of Brazil increased by 23%<\/b>\u00a0in 2023\/24, when compared to 2022\/23, reaching 92.8 tonnes per hectare. (CTC)<\/p>\n
Startup SiloReal, which\u00a0opened up\u00a0in 2021 in Argentina, announced that it will\u00a0focus on the grain storage market in Brazil.<\/b>\u00a0The company intends to reach 25% of the silo-bag segment in the country. According to Jos\u00e9 Dominguez, co-founder and director of SiloReal, the estimation\u00a0is that there are currently 150,000 silos in the farms in Brazil, with potential growth of up to 40% per year. The company has already announced US$ 1.5 million in investment rounds and expects to raise another US$ 1 million in 2023. Estimated revenue is US$ 300,000 for the period. (SiloReal)<\/p>\n
Soybean production costs for the 2023\/24 season<\/b>, in August of 2023, totaled US$ 822.13 per hectare, a decrease of 15.57% when compared to 2022. This decrease is related to the lower prices of inputs. (Senar-MT)<\/p>\n
Ant\u00f4nio da Luz, chief economist at the Rio Grande do Sul State Agriculture Federation,\u00a0<\/b>foresees\u00a0<\/b>an increase in beef prices at the beginning of 2024\u00a0<\/b>and the possibility of better results for those ranchers who have invested in their herds. (Farsul)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Minerva Foods announced the\u00a0approval of a sanitary protocol for the export of beef from Colombia to China.<\/b>\u00a0The company has two production facilities in Colombia, in Bucaramanga and Ci\u00e9naga de Oro. \u201cConsidering Minerva Foods’ current ‘footprint’, our exposure to the Chinese market totals eight production units, with a slaughter capacity of approximately 12 thousand heads of cattle per day, with three\u00a0facilities\u00a0in Brazil, four in Uruguay and one in Argentina\u201d, according to the company’s statement. (Minerva)<\/p>\n
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The Mexican House of Corn (Casa del Ma\u00edz) seeks to preserve 45 local\u00a0corn\u00a0varieties, and\u00a0criticizes the growing adoption of\u00a0<\/b>GMO seeds<\/b>.\u00a0<\/b>\u201cWe try to raise awareness among the farmers telling them: if you have seeds that are not GMO, you can generate your own seeds, and become more autonomous\u201d, says Ezequiel C\u00e1rdenas, founder of the House of Corn. The Department of Agriculture of Mexico estimates that there are 64 different races of corn in the country, of which 59 are native. (Casa del Ma\u00edz)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Association of Soybean, Oilseeds and Cereal Farmers of Paraguay, along with other agricultural entities in Latin America, signed\u00a0a manifesto against the new European environmental legislation<\/b>, the European Union Regulation for Deforestation-Free Products. The legislation prohibits the import of agricultural products from deforested areas. According to the manifesto, this regulation is a form of protectionism, and can create distortions on global trade. (APS)<\/p>\n
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Food insecurity is increasing in the country. The number of families that are\u00a0suffering from hunger\u00a0has increased threefold since 2012.\u00a057% of Peruvians say they have faced a lack of food in recent months.\u00a0<\/b>\u201cThe food crisis is at the root of the increase in malnutrition problems in children… There is more childhood anemia, malnutrition and overweight problems due to the consumption of cheap and low-nutrition products,\u201d said Carolina Trivelli, researcher at the Institute of Peruvian Studies. (IEP)<\/p>\n
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An alert was issued\u00a0<\/b>about the occurrence of the invasive plant “pink grass”, or “pink pasture” (Melinis repens<\/i>), in northern Uruguay.<\/b>\u00a0This forage plant is an exotic species, originating from Africa, and competes with the country’s native plants. The Ministries of Environment and Agriculture have drawn up a monitoring and control plan to “guarantee the gradual restoration of ecosystems”. (Ministry of the Environment)<\/p>\n
It was extended until December 31st<\/sup>, 2023, the\u00a0declaration of agricultural emergency because of the drought<\/b>\u00a0for the areas of livestock, dairy, horticulture, fruit farming, beekeeping, poultry farming and forestry. According to the minister of agriculture, Fernando Mattos, the objective is to continue granting credit, aiming to\u00a0mitigate\u00a0the drought. The decision is based on the analysis of the climatic situation done by the National Agricultural Information System. (Ministry of Agriculture)<\/p>\n
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