Imagine that you are a city journalist (even if it is a small one). A journalist who is more comfortable looking at the reactions to the latest American election debate on his mobile phone than going out for mushrooms in the countryside. Someone who is allergic to animals that do not scare him and disgusted … Read more
In five episodes to watch online from any device, Syngenta Technical Service members, advisors and experts analyze strategies to improve performance, as well as tools for weed management and fertilization in key crops such as wheat and barley. In the first episode, titled Among Resistant Weeds: The Art of Integrated Management, a Syngenta Technical Service … Read more
The Vice President of the Junta, Juan García-Gallardo, and the three Vox councillors – Mariano Veganzones, Gerardo Dueñas and Gonzalo Santonja – are attending the assembly of the Authorities Council on the headquarters of the Presidency, within the Colegio de la Asunción in Valladolid. On this case, they’ve maintained their attendance, not like what has … Read more
The Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Generalitat Valenciana has already completed the vaccination against Bluetongue in the livestock herd in the province of Alicante. More than 55,000 animals vaccinated (mainly cattle and sheep), the vaccination percentage is already close to 100% of the census. This next week, the Official Veterinary Services will … Read more
:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/grupoclarin/XMU2UY4ZGRGSXMCT2YUJDY5OSE.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "National Directorate of Animal Production Corrects Methodology for Calculating Meat Sales, Impacting US Beef Market")
The National Directorate of Animal Production, of the Ministry of Agriculture, has corrected the methodology for calculating foreign sales of meat, and therefore the calculation of per capita consumption of beef. Since 2019, the category “bones with meat” –resulting from deboning– began to be included in the total exported meat, bones that in 2023 totaled … Read more
:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/grupoclarin/GVOXSC3F3RFJNGFUD3LUDRGNEU.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "Meat Processing Industry Concentration and Foreignization in Argentina: 2023 Statistics and Trends")
Out of a total slaughter that in 2023 was 14.5 million heads, the ten largest meat processing companies killed about 3.4 million heads in 23 plants, or 23.4% of the total slaughter, showing a much lower degree of concentration than that presented by the refrigeration industry in the United States, Brazil or Uruguay. It can … Read more
Bad times for farmers. Added to the poor harvest figures from last year due to the ravages of drought and the increase in fuel or fertilizer prices is the increase in the cost of agricultural insurance policies by more than 30% compared to 2023. . As they point out Self-employed and Entrepreneurthe high number of … Read more
Foreign Minister Diana Mondino met with the president of the Institute for the Promotion of Argentine Beef (IPCVA), Jorge Grimberg, to address strategies that include the opening of new markets, the expansion of quotas and the negotiations in the MERCOSUR-EU agreement , with the aim of strengthening the Argentine presence in the international arena. Argentine … Read more
Rocio Huerta, general director of Livestock and Agrarian Health, encourages all Asturian livestock farmers to vaccinate their cattle against bluetongue disease, which has caused the Principality to be declared a restricted zone since last November 10, after some cases were detected. . Huerta wants to clear up any doubts about vaccinating livestock – the target … Read more
The European multidisciplinary consortium MARVAXin which the Higher Council for Scientific Research participates (CSIC) and the Spanish pharmaceutical company CZ Vaccinesof the Group Zendalwill receive from the Horizon Europe program 7.4 million euros over the next four years for research and development of Marburg virus vaccinesa pathogen zoonosic from the same family as the Ebola … Read more