Ukraine may be unable to meet future wheat demand if Russian attacks continue, UN agency warns
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP/UN), after all, warned this Tuesday (21) that wheat production in Ukraine may be unable to meet domestic and export demand in the following years if the routes Black Sea export ports remain blocked and Russian attacks on port infrastructure continue. […]
How is El Niño impacting producing regions?
Despite challenging weather conditions in several regions of Brazil, the grain harvest continues its course in the country's main producing areas. According to information from the Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics (Imea), soybean planting in Mato Grosso, although delayed by 10% compared to the previous harvest, has already exceeded […]
Bayer ordered to pay US$ 1.56 billion in Roundup herbicide trial
A court in Missouri has ruled that German chemical giant Bayer must pay US$1.56 billion to four plaintiffs who claimed that the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup caused harm including cancer, as reported by Reuters. In its November 17th verdict – the latest in a series of cases against […]
Indonesia to convert 200,000 ha of palm plantations into forests
Indonesia has announced plans to return approximately 200,000 hectares of oil palm plantations found in areas designated as forests to the state in order to convert them back to forest, a government official told Reuters. The world's largest producer and exporter of palm oil established rules in 2020 to assess the legality of plantations […]
