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After successive\u00a0increases in the\u00a0past\u00a0four seasons, with an increase of more than 70% between 2019 and 2023, the\u00a0area dedicated to wheat is declining this year<\/strong>. According to researchers from the Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics, the lower cereal prices combined with climate uncertainties and high costs explain the possible reduction in cultivation. The National Supply Company estimates an average decline of 4.7% in the area sown with wheat when compared to the last season, with an estimated drop of 7% in the South. In the State of Paran\u00e1, there should be a reduction of 19% in the area planted with wheat, reaching 1.14 million hectares. Despite this, production is expected to grow 4%, reaching 3.8 million hectares in the State, due to increased productivity. (Cepea; Deral; Conab)<\/p>\nSoybean and corn harvests could perform better than expected, despite the initial weather problems in the 2023\/24 season. Expectation is for a busy second semester in grain exports, said the president of Cargill in Brazil, Paulo Sousa. “We don’t report harvest numbers, but our view is that the soybean harvest is not that worse than last year, because we had problems at the beginning, in the State of Mato Grosso, but the\u00a0States of Maranh\u00e3o, Tocantins, Piau\u00ed and Bahia are having a very good harvest<\/strong>“. (Cargill)<\/p>\nRaiar Org\u00e2nicos,\u00a0an organic egg producer, has concluded a round of fundraising for expansion<\/strong>, receiving US$ 9.65 million. Money obtained via equity fund will be used to expand the company’s chicken farm in Avar\u00e9, State of S\u00e3o Paulo, which should house up to 700,000 chickens. (Raiar Org\u00e2nicos)<\/p>\nCompanhia Mineira de A\u00e7\u00facar e \u00c1lcool – CMAA (Sugar and Ethanol Company of the State of Minas Gerais) has\u00a0announced investments of a<\/strong>pproximately<\/strong>\u00a0US$ 670 million until 2033 to expand sugar and ethanol crushing and production capacity<\/strong>. The Company’s annual revenue is expected to reach US$ 770 million by 2025. \u201cWe defined a series of investments in our three factories, renewing our commitment to this sector, which is vital for the socioeconomic and sustainable development of Minas Gerais and Brazil\u201d, said Carlos Eduardo Turchetto Santos, CEO of CMAA. (CMAA)<\/p>\nNet revenue from\u00a0sales of agricultural machinery and implements reached US$ 780 million<\/strong>\u00a0in March, a drop of 6.6% when compared to the same month in 2023. Regarding the annual variation, the decline was 44.9%, reaching US$ 2.26 billion. 4,509 units were sold in the month, 38.7% less than in March of 2023. (Abimaq)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Department of Agriculture – SAG has carried out a\u00a0census on birds to monitor avian influenza<\/b>\u00a0in the Biob\u00edo region. \u201cIn August of last year, Chile was declared free of highly pathogenic avian influenza in birds. This is thanks to the work of SAG, which complied with all the actions, surveillance and deadlines established by the World Organization for Animal Health, but this does not mean that we let our guard down”, said the undersecretary of agriculture, Ignacia Fern\u00e1ndez. (Ministry of Agriculture)<\/p>\n
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Colombia began to restrict imports of US beef<\/strong>\u00a0and beef products from regions where dairy cows tested positive for avian influenza after April 15th. According to Joe Schuele, spokesman for the US Beef Export Federation, Colombia is the only country that has officially imposed restrictions on US beef exports due to the H5N1 outbreak. (US Meat Export Federation)<\/p>\nGreenland Group announced investments of\u00a0US$ 3 million in trucks to transport fruit<\/strong>. Furthermore, the group announced that it will expand its activities, and should start producing Tahiti lemon in the department of Caldas, where it should plant 400 hectares. In 2023, the group exported more than 14 million boxes of bananas. (Greenland)<\/p>\nMore than\u00a040 tonnes of deforestation-free Rainforest Alliance coffee were exported to the EU<\/strong>. \u201cThe National Federation of Coffee Farmers – FNC works to guarantee access to the best coffee in the world to all markets, demonstrating that it is possible to achieve a balance between coffee production and environmental conservation\u201d, said Germ\u00e1n Baham\u00f3n, manager of FNC. (FNC)<\/p>\n“We face one of the most shameful levels of land concentration in Latin America”, said the Vice Minister of Rural Development, Lilia Maria Rodriguez. According to Diego Carrero, deputy director of the Agust\u00edn Codazzzi Geographic Institute,\u00a0just 1% of the country’s agricultural properties account for 41% of the rural area<\/strong>. (Ministry of Rural Development; IGAC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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During 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) rejected the entry into national territory of 1,463 commercial shipments with more than 263 thousand tonnes of risky agricultural products, thus preventing the entry of 258 pests of quarantine importance that pose a danger to food production in Mexico. (Sader)<\/p>\n
In March of 2024, the country’s agricultural and fishing exports maintained its\u00a0growth trend, reaching US$ 2.4 billion<\/strong>, a growth of 6% when compared to the previous year. There was an increase in exports of fresh strawberries (47%), beef (29.3%), avocado (24.2%), fresh vegetables (14.8%) and peppers (9%). (IGAE)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/agribrasilis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Paraguay.png\")
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Corn exports in the 1Q\/2024 fell by 34%,\u00a0reaching 290 thousand tonnes<\/b>, compared to 442 thousand tonnes in the same period in 2023. (Capeco)<\/p>\n
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