Latin American Agribusiness News<\/strong><\/p>\n Minister of Agriculture, Juli\u00e1n Dom\u00ednguez, says that\u00a0there\u00a0shall not\u00a0be a\u00a0decrease or a increase in the export taxes<\/strong>, called\u00a0retenciones<\/em>. (La Naci\u00f3n)<\/p>\n Vice-president of Maizar, Federico Zerboni,\u00a0shall\u00a0be the new\u00a0president of the International Maize Alliance<\/strong>, an association from Argentina, Brazil and the USA, that brings corn sector entities together . (Maizall)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Expiration date on packaged\u00a0fresh vegetables\u00a0is no longer mandatory.<\/strong>\u00a0Objective is to avoid food waste, which is discarded without being unfit for consumption. (Agricultural Defense Department)<\/p>\n Government authorized\u00a0payment of interest rate equalization of Plano Safra.\u00a0Total\u00a0equalizable resources made available for the current season is approximately US$ 21.6 billion.<\/strong>\u00a0(Ministry of Agriculture)<\/p>\n Public consultation was opened for 75 days to assess the update of\u00a0Decree No. 5053\/2004, which\u00a0regulates registration, use and inspection of animal health products.<\/strong>\u00a0(Agricultural Defense Department)<\/p>\n CEO of Lavoro Agro,\u00a0Marcelo Abud<\/strong>, resigns to assume the presidency of Citrosuco. (Citrosuco)<\/p>\n First Brazilian vanilla germplasm bank was\u00a0inaugurated,\u00a0the only one in the world to gather a significant volume of species from South America.\u00a0Embrapa’s genetic bank consists of 70 samples of orchids of the\u00a0Vanilla<\/em>\u00a0genus<\/strong>\u00a0and aims to support genetic improvement, subsidize domestication of vanilla in Brazil and assist in the preservation of its species. (Embrapa)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Approximately\u00a090% of fruit farmers\u00a0allege difficulty in beginning next growing season<\/strong>. Reasons are lack of financing and increase\u00a0of\u00a0transportation\u00a0and input costs. (Fedefruta<\/a>)<\/p>\n Marketing campaign in China for\u00a0Chilean cherries,\u00a0that\u00a0took place between 2016 and 2020,\u00a0was granted an international award.\u00a0Campaign was considered a success, resulting in\u00a0an\u00a0increased demand and FOB prices for the entire industry<\/strong>, with a direct impact on exports. (Chilean Fruit Exporters Association)<\/p>\n Inaugurated\u00a0rice processing plant\u00a0<\/strong>that\u00a0shall\u00a0benefit 87 families in the northern region of Santander. Factory has a drying capacity of 144 tonnes\/day and a storage capacity of 4,180 tonnes. (Rural Development Agency)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Livestock)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Nestl\u00e9\u00a0begins\u00a0operations in a\u00a0new coffee processing factory,<\/strong>\u00a0their second in the country. Total investment was US$ 340 million, with\u00a0a processing capacity of 670 thousand bags\/year. The company claimed that it\u00a0shall\u00a0obtain most of its robusta coffee supply from Mexican farmers, but national production is only of approximately 500,000 bags\/year. (Nestl\u00e9)<\/p>\n Ministry of Agriculture\u00a0acts to promote the export of Mexican wild cattle<\/strong>. Among the measures is the strengthening of sanitary control and compliance with international requirements. (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Harvest reaches 30%. Expectations are for a\u00a0harvest\u00a0record<\/strong>, estimated between 5.8 and 6.3 million tonnes of high quality corn for export. Half of the production has already been sold. (Dasagro)<\/p>\n Association of Brangus Breeders of Paraguay sells 100% of their animals in three auctions held at the\u00a0International Expo Mariano Roque Alonso<\/strong>. Value achieved was approximately US$ 435 thousand. (ACBP)<\/p>\n New technique developed by researchers at Universidad Privada del Norte\u00a0reduces the drying time of blueberries<\/strong>\u00a0by 30%. Study aims to obtain alternative solutions to mitigate the national food crisis. (UPN)<\/p>\n After a government decree that changes regulations\u00a0of agrochemicals\u00a0application, farmers denounce precariousness, claiming that this change leads to a\u00a0setback in the use and management of pesticides<\/strong>. Decree determines that applications made by companies or private farmers with tank equipment greater than or equal to one thousand L must be registered voluntarily within seven days; in the case of aerial applications, the period is of three days. (Unatra\/MGAP)<\/p>\n South Korea\u00a0temporarily removed\u00a0import\u00a0tariffs<\/strong>\u00a0of whole and skimmed milk powder, pork\u00a0and\u00a0beef,\u00a0providing an opportunity for exports of Uruguayan products. (MGAP)<\/p>\n MORE AGRIBUSINESS NEWS:<\/p>\n Latin American Agribusiness News Minister of Agriculture, Juli\u00e1n Dom\u00ednguez, says that\u00a0there\u00a0shall not\u00a0be a\u00a0decrease or a increase in the export taxes, called\u00a0retenciones. 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