Latin American Agribusiness News<\/strong><\/p>\n Damage caused by the\u00a0European wild boar, an exotic species<\/strong>, reaches US$ 1.38 billion. Wild boars destroy crops, cause health risk\u00a0by transmitting diseases to other animals\u00a0and compromise road safety.\u00a0(Ministry of the Environment)<\/p>\n Central Bank continues\u00a0not\u00a0releasing foreign currency\u00a0for\u00a0fertilizer purchase. Lack of availability of inputs\u00a0may\u00a0harm corn production.\u00a0Fertilizer suppliers warn that the available amount of the product is not enough.\u00a0<\/strong>(Argentine Rural Confederation)<\/p>\n Recommended increase\u00a0of crop\u00a0monitoring\u00a0because of\u00a0the presence of black aphid<\/strong> (Sipha maydis<\/em>) and alfalfa caterpillar (Colias lesbia<\/em>) in wheat, triticale, barley, oat and pasture. (National Institute of Agricultural Technology)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Cocoa sector alleges a phytosanitary risk<\/strong> as a result of the import of fermented and dried beans from\u00a0Costa do Marfim.\u00a0Product enters\u00a0into\u00a0Brazil without methyl bromide\u00a0treatment against quarantine pests and diseases. 2021 Ministry of Agriculture Standard revoked the requirement\u00a0for imported\u00a0cocoa beans from\u00a0Costa do Marfim\u00a0to\u00a0be treated with the product, with 24 hours of exposure to the gas for pest\u00a0control of\u00a0Caryedon serratus,\u00a0Trogoderma granarium,\u00a0Mussidia nigrivenella,\u00a0Phytophthora megakarya<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Striga<\/em>\u00a0spp. (National Association of Cocoa Farmers)<\/p>\n Funcaf\u00e9’s interest rate\u00a0shall\u00a0be 11% per year\u00a0in\u00a0the 2022\/23\u00a0season. Value is below the Selic rate, currently at 13.25%.\u00a0US$ 1,1 billion will be made available for the harvest.<\/strong>\u00a0(Funcaf\u00e9)<\/p>\n SAA Resolution 88 includes\u00a0new rules for\u00a0greening\u00a0<\/em>control<\/strong>. Commercial\u00a0citrus\u00a0properties are not allowed without disease management, inspections to identify symptomatic plants are mandatory, among other measures.\u00a0(S\u00e3o Paulo State Department of Agriculture and Supply)<\/p>\n Reports of the spread of banana fusariosis in Peru<\/strong> lead to an intensification of control and monitoring in the state of S\u00e3o Paulo, carried out by the Federal Superintendence of Agriculture, in the Vale do Ribeira region (south of the state of S\u00e3o Paulo and east of Paran\u00e1 state), which is the largest producer in the country. Tropical race 4 fusariosis affects plants through infected soil, contaminated seedlings and infected agricultural implements. Plant material will be collected in the state for testing, in addition to awareness lectures aimed at farmers.\u00a0(Ministry of Agriculture)<\/p>\n Pork exports (in natura<\/em>\u00a0and processed products) reached 93.5 thousand tonnes in June. The result is\u00a014% lower than the shipments recorded in the same period in 2021<\/strong>.\u00a0Exports\u00a0in the sector generated revenue of US$ 219.1 million in June.\u00a0(Brazilian Association of Animal Protein)<\/p>\n Published\u00a0agricultural zoning of soybean climate risk<\/strong>, in which sowing periods are indicated. The objective, in addition to mitigating climate risks, is to reduce the phytosanitary risk caused by Asian soybean rust.\u00a0(Agricultural Defense Department)<\/p>\n Pig farmers ask the government for help\u00a0<\/strong>due to the rise\u00a0of\u00a0corn prices and\u00a0exports\u00a0decrease. Producers want suspension of the collection of corn import taxes, creation of a credit line for retention of breeding matrices so there is no decrease in the herd, in addition to government purchases of pork for the Armed Forces and school meals. (Brazilian Association of Animal Protein)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Frost reduces estimated tangerine exports by 21%.<\/strong>\u00a0Fruit is the citrus product most affected by low temperatures in the last month.\u00a0(Chilean Fruit Exporters Association<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Incentives for\u00a0rice storage<\/strong>\u00a0reach US$ 25 billion due to impacts on production costs as a consequence of the war in Ukraine.\u00a0(National Rice Council)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Government announces an\u00a0increase of US$ 4 in the reference price of sugar cane.\u00a0I<\/strong>ncrease is the first in seven years, going from US$ 31.70 to US$ 35.05 per tonne.\u00a0(Ministry of Agriculture)<\/p>\n Start of the\u00a0subsidy\u00a0for\u00a0small and medium\u00a0size\u00a0farmers\u00a0<\/strong>to buy urea at half\u00a0of\u00a0the commercial price.\u00a0This\u00a0should benefit approximately\u00a0100,000 farmers. (Ministry of Agriculture)<\/p>\n Agricultural sector showed a contraction of 1.4% in the 1Q of 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year, mainly due to the\u00a0high price of fertilizers.<\/strong>\u00a0(Central Bank of Ecuador)<\/p>\n Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock files lawsuits against 12 banana exporters<\/strong>\u00a0that did not pay the minimum support price for the fruit box, set at US$ 6.25.\u00a0(MAG)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Support plan is being developed for Haiti to deal with the presence of African swine fever.<\/strong>\u00a0Disease in Haiti threatens swine farming in all other countries in the Americas.\u00a0(Secretariat of Agriculture)<\/p>\n More than 24 tonnes of\u00a0oilseeds free of charge were distributed<\/strong>\u00a0to farmers across the country to improve the productivity of soybean, safflower, canola and sunflower. (National Seed Inspection and Certification Service)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Record\u00a0corn\u00a0production forecast for 2021\/22 second harvest.\u00a0Planted area reached 1.2 million hectares<\/strong>. Total\u00a0harvest might\u00a0reach 6 million tonnes, which is almost double the previous year. (Paraguayan Chamber of Exporters and Traders of Cereals and Oilseeds)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n More than\u00a03.7 million cultivated hectares in 17 regions are at risk\u00a0<\/strong>because\u00a0<\/strong>of low temperatures forecast for July and August.\u00a0(National Meteorology and Hydrology Service)<\/p>\n Registration of farmers\u00a0already has 300 thousand registered farmers. Project promoted by the National Government gives\u00a0access to benefits such as delivery of fertilizers, credits and bonuses and technical training.<\/strong>\u00a0(Ministry of Agriculture<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Country\u00a0shall\u00a0import frozen flies to fight cattle diseases<\/strong> in action of the National Plan for the Eradication of the Blueberry Fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax<\/em>). Project provides for the release of around 30 million flies throughout Uruguay by planes, covering around 1,000 kilometers of the border with Brazil and Argentina. (Ministry of Agriculture)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n MORE LATIN AMERICAN AGRIBUSINESS NEWS:<\/p>\n Latin American Agribusiness News Damage caused by the\u00a0European wild boar, an exotic species, reaches US$ 1.38 billion. 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