BUENOS AIRES – Argentina, the world’s third biggest soy producer, booked its largest purchase of U.S. soybeans in 20 years this week after drought cut its harvest, forcing crushers there to turn to imports. The […]
BEIJING – China has unveiled a list of products worth $50 billion imported from the United States that will be subject to higher tariffs, including soybeans, automobiles, aircraft and chemical products, the state media reported. […]
BUENOS AIRES – Argentine farmers have agreed to pay perpetual royalties when they replant genetically modified seeds made by companies like Monsanto Co., a deal that could allow farmers access to the newest biotechnology. Farmers’ […]
SANTIAGO – The algal bloom that is occurring in southern Chile has left around 2,450 tons of dead salmon, according to the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca). The phenomenon that produces blooms of harmful […]
SANTIAGO – Since 1995, Chile has been declared as free of the fruit fly. Within the South American continent, it is the only nation that holds this category, which constitutes a comparative advantage for the […]
BEIJING – As part of its participation in President Michelle Bachelet’s Tour to Indonesia and China, the President of the Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile AG (ASOEX), Ronald Bown, signed in Beijing an important […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s almond harvest has already ended and, according to producers, there was a widespread drop in production across the country. “We will have the exact figures by area and variety in the next […]
By Camila Gratacos, Francisca Carvajal and Camila Hernández / Special to the Santiago Times In a bid to deal with the current degradation of over 25 per cent of the world’s soil, the “Centro Regional […]
The United Nations has postponed the promotion of former Peruvian first lady Nadine Heredia to a key post in the Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, in Geneva amid a money laundering investigation. The Judicial branch […]
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