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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…

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,…

Highly recommended read this article on LinkedIn. It describes three strategies to invest in agriculture in Uruguay. In summary, financing, real estate and M&A are three clear strategies to invest in the Uruguayan agricultural industry. These three can provide the…

An article in The Economist comments on how Uruguay puts its neighbours, Argentina and Brazil to shame. No other country in Latin America has had uninterrumpted economic growth in the last 15 years. The article focuses on the period since…

The final data of farmland transaction in 2017 are available. The records refer to 50 transactions that were presented to the Institute of Colonization. These are transactions for plots of more than 500 hectares and CONEAT 100 or more. The…

Last week Parliament approved a change in Uruguayan legislation regarding the purchase of farmland. This legislation is applicable equally to international and domestic investors in farmland in Uruguay. The change is related to the Institute of Colonization. Previously all transactions…

UPM and the Government of Uruguay have signed an investment agreement, which outlines the local prerequisites for a potential pulp mill investment. The agreement defines the requirements for the operating environment of a world-class pulp mill project. The site of…

We made a contribution to a publication on the news page of Global Ag Investing ´The case for Ag investment in South America´. Farmland Uruguay is seeing farmers in Uruguay play towards trends in the United States to increase investor…