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<\/div>\nArgentine peso in the illegal market reached a record low on May 22nd<\/sup>, of 1280 pesos per dollar, mainly due to political tensions and slowdown in grain exports.\u00a0The difference between the official exchange rate and the illegal market has increased to almost 44%<\/strong>.\u00a0(Central Bank of Argentina)<\/p>\n Unfavorable\u00a0weathe<\/strong>r and low prices have paralyzed soybean sales<\/strong>, according to Dante Romano, a researcher at the Agribusiness Center at Universidad Austral. \u201cThe pace of sales has been really slow, one of the slowest we’ve ever had in history\u201d, he said. The researcher estimates that agreements were reached for just 12% of the soybean harvest, almost half the average rate for this period of the year. (Austral University)<\/p>\n Ministry of Agriculture will be transferred temporarily to the State of Rio Grande do Sul<\/strong>.\u00a0Minister Carlos F\u00e1varo should go to Rio Grande do Sul next Tuesday\u00a0(May 28th<\/sup>), accompanied by congressmen from the State.\u00a0\u201cOur first act will be the transfer of the ministry. We will also\u2026 collect suggestions from mayors and farmers to rebuild the state\u201d, said F\u00e1varo.\u00a0(MAPA)<\/p>\n Irregular weather conditions in the States of Paran\u00e1 and Mato Grosso do Sul are\u00a0harming the prospects for the country’s second corn harvest<\/strong>. The 2023\/24 off-season corn harvest is expected to reach 96.7 million tonnes, a 10.5% drop when compared to the previous season.\u00a0(Agroconsult)<\/p>\n Brazil has six companies in the global ranking \u201cBusiness Benchmark on Animal Welfare\u201d<\/strong>, which has just been published. They are: BRF, Aurora Alimentos, JBS, Marfrig, Minerva and Habib’s.\u00a0(BBFAW)<\/p>\n New case of\u00a0highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed by the Ministry of Agriculture<\/strong>. Case was detected in a\u00a0Thalasseus<\/em>\u00a0spp. bird in Linhares, State of Esp\u00edrito Santo. Thus, the country now has 165 cases of the disease, being 3 in subsistence birds and 5 in marine mammals.\u00a0Two cases are still being investigated. (MAPA)<\/p>\n Luiz Noto<\/strong>\u00a0is the new CEO of Cofco’s grains division in Brazil.\u00a0(Cofco International)<\/p>\n Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that his country has always placed Brazil among its diplomatic priorities and that\u00a0Beijing recognizes Brazil’s international status and influence<\/strong>. Statements were made during the Minister’s meeting with President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva’s special advisor, former Chancellor Celso Amorim.\u00a0(Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China)<\/p>\n \u201cLosses\u00a0will certainly overcome US$ 46.55 \u2013 48.29 million<\/strong>\u201d, said the executive president of the Rio Grande do Sul Poultry Association, Jos\u00e9 Eduardo dos Santos.\u00a0According to him, the total losses that were initially estimated reached US$ 35.30 million, but the numbers are expected to rise due to losses not yet taken into account. Information was collected between May 5th<\/sup>\u00a0and 20th<\/sup>. (Asgav)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Refrigerated banana exports grew 18.8%<\/strong>\u00a0in the 1Q\/2024, compared to the same period of 2023.\u00a0(Secretariat of Foreign Trade)<\/p>\n The timber and forestry extractive market\u00a0fell by 12.8% in the 1Q\/2024. In 2023,\u00a0this market generated US$ 4 billion<\/strong>, representing 1.02% of GDP. The country has 28 Forestry Development Centers, with 4 million hectares of natural forests, and 7.5 million hectares considered \u201chighly suitable for forestry plantations\u201d.\u00a0(Fedemaderas)<\/p>\n Study developed by the National University of Colombia identified the\u00a0bovine respiratory syncytial virus and the bovine respiratory virus<\/strong>, also known as bovine parainfluenza virus, as the main agents that cause respiratory problems in calves on dairy farms in the country. The first was detected in 25% of nasal samples collected from the tissue of 96 calves from dairy farms.\u00a0(UNAL)<\/p>\n According to researcher Johana Castiblanco, from UNAL, there is an\u00a0excessive use of antibiotics in the country’s pig farming<\/strong>, mainly to fight diseases caused by bacteria such as\u00a0Escherichia coli<\/em>. This generated antibiotic resistance in animals. According to Castiblanco, the use of the fatty acid esterified butyrin in feed\u00a0can fight intestinal bacteria\u00a0in livestock, avoiding the unnecessary use of antibiotics. (UNAL)<\/p>\n Study indicates that rain in places affected by drought will boost the recovery and filling of dams. The forecast is that\u00a0rainfall will be 80% higher in 2024 than in the previous year<\/b>\u00a0in the\u00a0 northern region of the country and in Baj\u00edo. (Climaproagro<\/a>)<\/p>\n Microsoft is financing a reforestation project<\/b>\u00a0in the country, which involves an area of 10 thousand hectares, focused on carbon sequestration. The company announced that it will acquire 1.6 million carbon credits. Amount invested was not disclosed. Project is being developed by Ponterra, Rubicon Carbon and Carbon Streaming. (Microsoft)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Paraguay advances in the\u00a0authorization processes to export beef to Mexico<\/b>. 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