National Directorate of Animal Production Corrects Methodology for Calculating Meat Sales, Impacting US Beef Market

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

Gold Museum Exhibition Comes to Rietberg Museum in Zurich, Switzerland

Gold Museum Exhibition Comes to Rietberg Museum in Zurich, Switzerland

The exhibition includes a collection of more than 400 objects spanning gold, ceramics, stone, textiles and other representative materials After the exhibition passed through the United States and Canada, Now the pieces from the Gold Museum will be exhibited at the Rietberg Museum in Zurich in Switzerland. The exhibition includes a collection of more than … Read more

Meat Processing Industry Concentration and Foreignization in Argentina: 2023 Statistics and Trends

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

Barclays Plc Announces Plans to Stop Direct Financing of New Oil and Gas Projects, Expanding Restrictions on Fossil Fuel Industry

Barclays Plc Announces Plans to Stop Direct Financing of New Oil and Gas Projects, Expanding Restrictions on Fossil Fuel Industry

Barclays Plc plans to stop direct financing of new oil and gas projects, as the British bank expands the scope of assets that will find it harder to access capital in the future. The plan involves restrictions on new and non-diversified oil and gas customers participating in the expansion, according to an emailed statement. Barclays … Read more

Understanding and Preventing Equine Encephalomyelitis: Advice from Veterinarian Andrea Carluccio

Understanding and Preventing Equine Encephalomyelitis: Advice from Veterinarian Andrea Carluccio

Veterinarian Andrea Carluccio said that it is important to know that mosquitoes are the only way of contagion for both other horses and humans. At the end of November, the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) issued a statement reporting that after the cases of equine encephalomyelitis in Argentina, animals that could have been … Read more

‘Young Homeowners’ Program Launched in 2021: Clarification on Subsidy Claims and Program Details

‘Young Homeowners’ Program Launched in 2021: Clarification on Subsidy Claims and Program Details

Information has circulated in the media claiming that a subsidy for youth from the Ministry of Housing was eliminated. However, this program called ‘Young Owners’ was launched in 2021 and is not a subsidy, it is a line of credit from the National Savings Fund, FNA. In 2021, the Ministry of Housing, then headed by … Read more

Spain’s Extremadura Health Service Urges Increase in Flu and COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

Spain’s Extremadura Health Service Urges Increase in Flu and COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

The Extremadura Health Service (SES) has called for vaccination against flu and against covid-19, when the incidence of acute respiratory diseases continues to rise, since the percentage of vaccination in people over 60 years of age is at 53.95% and 40%, respectively, below what was desired, according to the data provided to EFE. The objectives … Read more

Argentine Beef Consumption to Fall 8.7% in 2024, Rosario Stock Exchange Report

Argentine Beef Consumption to Fall 8.7% in 2024, Rosario Stock Exchange Report

Domestic beef consumption would fall 8.7% year-on-year to 2,200,000 tons of bone-in beef (r/c/h) in 2024, which represents a decrease of 200 thousand tons compared to the previous year, while They project simultaneous declines in production and exports, according to a report from the Rosario Stock Exchange (BCR). In this way, the stock exchange entity … Read more

Top 25 Most Anticipated Books of 2024 According to Time Magazine

Top 25 Most Anticipated Books of 2024 According to Time Magazine

With less than 15 days until the year ends, there are already those who are beginning to be interested in the trends that will mark 2024since that may be a factor to take into account when making your purchases or adapting your style. And the thing is, one of those that has marked the stop … Read more

Blackstone leads US1 billion GGW purchase loan package

Blackstone leads US1 billion GGW purchase loan package

Blackstone Inc. is leading a package of loans of 950 million euros (US$1,000 million) to support Permira’s purchase of Gossler, Gobert & Wolters, people with knowledge of the matter said. Permira agreed to buy the German insurance broker from Hg on Friday, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is … Read more