The government of Puerto Rico is so short of funds that it could run out of fuel and electricity, officials said.

After the prolonged increase in cocoa futures in London since at least 1989, cocoa farmers from the Ivory Coast to Peru prepare for a surplus in the 2016-2017 season, the largest in six years.

Economists backtracked on previous predictions for a turnaround in Brazil’s economy. 

Coffee production continues on an upward trend, positively impacting the economy and creating jobs for the Central American nation.  La Prensa of Honduras reported that coffee accounts for 10% of Honduras’ GDP, and 38% of its agricultural GDP.  It generated 1 billion dollars during the 2014-15 harvest, 25% of the nation’s total export earnings.  64%

With the demand for blueberries not decreasing and the harvest not increasing, it seems the supply will have to come from somewhere other than Chile. 

A combination of environmental factors and the mismanagement of bovine mating practices could spell trouble for around half of Paraguay’s cattle herds this year. 

New safety regulations laid out by the city government in Guayaquil are complicating the ability to stay in business for the local butchers. 

The reforms implemented by the present federal administration and the economic boom in the railroad industry will allow the sector to see continued growth in the next 15 years.

Bogotá can be proud that in the first Social Progress Index, 15 of 19 locations citywide scored above 80 in the category of meeting basic needs.

After Mauricio Macri assumes the presidency on December 10, the new government will reorganize the secretaries of the Ministry of Agriculture and will focus on agribusiness.