Low yield in the first corn harvest, but with improvement in later cultivated plants. Harvested corn still shows signs of January’s water shortage. Average national productivity was 81.5 bags per hectare. (Buenos Aires Cereal Exchange)
Lowest soybean harvest in past 14 years. 185 thousand ha are already considered lost. (Rosario Stock Exchange)
Argentina faces greater difficulty in importing agriinputs, such as fertilizers, compared to neighboring nations. Main causes are the tax burden, high dollar prices and difficulty in exporting. (Globaltechs)
Wheat planting, which usually happens in March, is delayed due to uncertainties about water availability. (Rosario Stock Exchange)
Increase in soybean, corn and wheat prices, may cause problems for animal feeding and consequently increase the price of meat. Farmers ask the government to control prices. (Cochabamba Regional Agricultural Chamber)
In 40 years, agricultural production has increased 5 times, while cultivated area grew less than twice. Production record should be reached in 2022 (Conab)
Exotic mealybug species Capilinia linarosae, guava pest, is identified for the first time in Amazonas. So far, there is no evidence of occurrence in other states. The pest has potential to cause severe damage to guava crops. (Embrapa Western Amazon)
Brazil is the main coffee exporter to Russia. Coffee traders are starting to demand advance payment, due to the sanctions imposed on the country, the 6th largest importer in the world. Russia enters a list of risky and sanctioned destinations, which require advance payment, which includes Syria, Lebanon and Iran. (Minasul)
Cowpea production in Tocantins is estimated at 37.11 thousand tons for the next harvest, which represents an increase of 456%. (Conab)
Developed method capable to detect a virus complex that causes pineapple wilt (pineapple mealybug wilt-associated virus). The technique uses short strands of DNA and RNA to track organisms, reducing test cost and work time by a third. (Embrapa Cassava and Fruticulture)
Container with 640 bags of 30 kg of special coffee produced in the Chapada de Minas region lands in the port of Australia. Cargo is valued at US$ 78.43 thousand. (Sebrae)
Inspection suspends sales of beans with low quality in Brasília. More than 38 thousand kg of products containing unhealthy grains and impurities were seized. Fines can reach US$ 104 thousand per batch of irregular product. (Ministry of Agriculture)
First red table grape variety developed is launched by the Fruit Technology Consortium. It is a seedless table grape, with long post-harvest life and high yield. The consortium develops 4 other programs for genetic improvement in fruit growing, covering raspberries; peaches, nectarines and Japanese plums; apples and cherries. (Chilean Fruit Exporters Association)
4,000 Holstein cows were sent to China after being quarantined for 30 days and passing the Asian country’s health tests. (Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero)
Request for withdraw of sentence that prohibits aerial spraying with glyphosate has been submitted to the Constitutional Court. (National State Legal Defense Agency)
Country rises one position in the ranking and is positioned as the sixth largest supplier of avocados in the world, totaling 96,903 tonnes exported. (Fresh Fruit)
Lemon prices rise 68.77% in one month, having been the product that most impacted inflation in January. (National Institute of Statistics and Geography)
Government allocates US$ 18.1 billion for the development of rural areas with the objective of increasing productivity. (Ministry of Finance and Public Credit)
Low levels of water in Paraná River hinder navigation, postponing the operation of artificial regulation of water level that was scheduled for March. The purpose of the operation was to allow the output of 200 thousand tonnes of agricultural production from the first harvest of 2022. (Paraguayan Chamber of Exporters and Traders of Cereals and Oilseeds)
Record of U$9.17 billion in agricultural exports in 2021, with growth of 18% over previous year. Agroexports grew in 19 of the country’s 24 departments. Main markets were European Union, USA and China. (Ministry of Agricultural Development)
Increase of biological pesticide alternatives, with 14 registered biological control agents and 18 more in the process of registration. There is an increasing trend in the use of biological pest control techniques. (Ministry of Agriculture)
First large-scale release of Tamarixa radiata to control the HLB vector, Diaphorina citri, in citrus areas in the north of the country. National campaign of successive releases will cover all areas where the presence of the pest is detected. (National Institute for Agricultural Research)