South America

**Stay-at-home protocols have caused severe losses for county fairs and some fair boards have said their operations may not survive losses in revenue from canceled events at local fairgrounds. The closures have also hurt students who raise livestock for 4-H or FFA projects...

U.S. Meat Export held its Latin American Product Showcase that drew a record numbre of red meat buyers from the Caribbean, Central America and South America.

U.S. pork exports is growing in Central America, South America and the Dominican Republic. Thanks to the increase of consumption leading to more opportunities.

Lower yields in South America bring the opportunity for expanded U.S. grain exports. The lower forecast for Argentina and Brazil leaves to door open to buyers who traditionally purchase grain from South America. Alvaro Cordero U.S. Grains Council manager says the crop forecast for Argentina and Brazil dropped six to seven million metric tons because of El Nino...

After a year of devastating wildfires in the northwest, now Kansas farm groups are collecting donations for ranchers affected by the massive grass fires in southern Kansas. The fires have burned more than 300,000 acres of rangeland near the Kansas-Oklahoma border southwest of Wichita...

Prior to the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, Fidel Castro said on Thursday that the United States owes his government “millions of dollars” because of the decades-long embargo. The former Cuban president and prime minister turned 89 on Thursday...