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Chicken exports rise 16.5%
3.815 million tonnes of chicken meat were exported by Brazil between January and August 2026, 16.5% more than in the same period of 2025; revenue reached USD 7.543 billion.
Retail potato price rises 69.1%
69.1% was the increase in the retail price of smooth-skinned potatoes in Paraná between August and September 2026, rising from BRL 4.15 to BRL 7.01 per kilogram.
Wheat crop quality deteriorates
182 thousand hectares of wheat remained to be harvested in Paraná: 12% of the area was in poor condition, 42% in average condition, and 46% in good condition.
Production reaches 78.7 million pounds
78.7 million pounds of shrimp were produced by Honduras from January through August 2026, compared with 76 million pounds during the same period of 2025.
Loss of 13 million pounds
13 million pounds of shrimp are estimated to have been lost because of drought and high salinity, reducing the annual production target from 159 million to 146 million pounds.

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Under discussion in the House of Assembly - The Bahamas government intends to eliminate tariffs on some three dozen food...

Most of the food products that are to be exempted from taxes were taxed at a rate of 5%. These items include cheese, lettuce, salad beets, turnips, cucumbers, cucumbers, peas and beans, asparagus, cel...

Resolution 15/23 establishing the MERCOSUR technical regulation for the allocation of food additives and technology adju...

This standard addresses the composition and amounts of additives added to milk powders and cream powders, fermented milks and cheeses. It provides an update based on the generation of new products.

Exempt Resolution 210 of 2023 - Chile

Resolution declaring a state of agricultural emergency due to the effects of productive damage caused by the presence of the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus in the Biobío Region in 2023

Resolution No. 195/023: Declaration of Agricultural Emergency in Uruguay.

Declaration of Agricultural Emergency for livestock, dairy farming, horticulture, fruit farming, agriculture, apiculture, poultry farming, and afforestation sectors, throughout the national territory,...

The Agricultural Emergency is extended for the Livestock, Dairy, Horticulture, Fruit Growing and Agriculture sectors (R...

The Agricultural Emergency is extended for the livestock, dairy, horticulture, fruit growing and agriculture sectors throughout the national territory, for a period of 90 (ninety) days from January 23...

Sanitary Regulation for the Production and Marketing of Genetic Material from Production Animals (Supreme Decree No. 010...

Supreme Decree No. 010-2022-MIDAGRI, published on June 30, 2022, approves the Sanitary Regulation for the Production and Marketing of Genetic Material from Production Animals. It establishes sanitary ...

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Emergency Agricultural Mitigation Subsidy for Producers Affected by Severe Drought – Emergency Decree No. 025-2022

Emergency Decree No. 025-2022 authorized an extraordinary and temporary cash subsidy to mitigate the effects of severe drought on agricultural producers whose crops or livestock were affected by more ...

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[PT] Brazil: National Policy for the Promotion of Precision Agriculture and Livestock

The Presidency of the Republic of Brazil has enacted Law 14,475/22, which establishes the National Policy for the Promotion of Precision Agriculture and Livestock, with the purpose of expanding coordi...

Mexico will purchase 20,000 tons of powdered milk and one million tons of fertilizers from the USA

Lopez Obrador agreed that Mexico will purchase up to 20,000 tons of powdered milk from the United States in order to "help families in rural and urban communities". Also, it will purchase one million ...

Productive Planning Plan for the Bovine Dairy Value Chain in Colombia

Productive Planning Plan establishing the long-term public policy framework for the development, stability and specialization of Colombia's bovine dairy value chain. With a 20-year prospective vision,...

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Mexico temporarily eliminates tariffs on imports of staple foods and key inputs/n

Mexico adopted a decree temporarily eliminating import tariffs on more than 20 basic food products and key inputs, including paddy rice, white corn grain and flour, wheat grain and flour, bread, dry b...

The Government of Spain authorizes territorial distribution of 48 million euros for various lines agricultural and lives...

The preliminary distribution proposal is as follows: Program of Options for Remoteness and Insularity (POSEI) 18,000,000.00, Conservation of agricultural varieties and local livestock breeds of the Ca...