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Recent trade agreements between EU/MERCOSUR and EU/USA have an impact on beef exports from Uruguay to the EU. When talking about EU beef quotas, the two that get most mention are the high quality beef (HQB) quota, also known as…

Dairy farms are closing almost daily. In April, no less than 24 dairy farms that were selling their milk to CONAPROLE (the main dairy cooperative) stopped their milking activity. Earlier this year dairy cooperative Pili in Paysandú ceased its activity…

S&P Global Ratings affirmed on May 7, 2019 its 'BBB' long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Uruguay. In addition, S&P affirmed the 'A-2' short-term foreign and local currency ratings. The outlook on the long-term ratings remains stable.…

Official statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture indicate that last year 938 farmland transactions were carried out, covering an area of 159.000 hectares. The total amount involved was 519 M USD, which leads to an average price of 3.257 USD…

Wednesday April 10 is the launch of a new trust called Bosques del Uruguay IV. 55.000 hectares are sold to this trust worth 330 M USD. Local pension funds have set up this trust and previously other trusts like Bosques…

Last week a report was published by the Ministry of Agriculture with offical data regarding rental prices of farmland in the first half of 2018. These data are based on 1.088 registered rental contracts. Average rental prices per activity are…

Welcome to the last big farm. The World Congress Aberdeen Angus is to be held in Uruguay from March 18 to 29, 2019. This video gives you a good introduction. Uruguay is the 7th beef meat exporter in the world,…

Farmland prices decreased by 17% in first half of 2018. Based on statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture it becomes evident that 477 transactions took place in the first six months. This is 4% more than in 2017, but the…

Cattle breeding is in the blood and genes of Uruguayans. A cattle inventory vs human population carried out by USDA shows that Uruguay is leading ranks with 3,44 heads of cattle per inhabitant. Over 11 M heads of livestock in…