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Defensoría del Consumidor registers decrease in corn and beans prices
During a television interview, Ricardo Salazar, President of the Defensoría del Consumidor, stated that after the inspections carried out in different establishments to verify the prices of essential products of the basic food basket, it was possible to see a decrease in the costs of some of the food products.
Beans, corn, sugar and milk are the products with the highest price increases: UCA
According to the survey conducted by the Instituto Universitario de Opinión Pública (IUDOP) of the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (UCA), 93 out of 100 people said that the prices of basic food basket products such as beans, corn, sugar and milk, will increase throughout the year 2022.
MAG expects to produce 260,000 quintals of corn by the end of the year
The Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, through the Dirección General de Economía Agropecuaria (DEGA) and with the technical support of specialists from the Centro Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria y Forestal (CENTA), began the delivery of 5,200 Agricultural Packages of corn to be cultivated in areas where moisture accumulated in recent weeks.
Corn and bean harvest will not meet 2022 food demand: CAMPO
The President of the Cámara Salvadoreña de Pequeños y Medianos Productores Agropecuarios (CAMPO), Luis Treminio, said this morning that projections show that the food demand for basic grains, will not be covered this year because the planting this year has been less than that of 2021 and one of the influential factors has been the high cost of agricultural inputs.
Corn futures hit highest price since 2012
According to Bloomberg Line magazine, corn has continued to rise to the highest level in a decade as investors weigh threats to supplies from the war in Ukraine and the prospect of it bolstering demand for the U.S. crop.
MAG seeks to reach 25 thousand quintals of corn and beans by the end of 2022
The head of the Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), David Martínez, informed that for the agricultural cycle that will begin with the first rainy season of the year, the ministry has prepared some changes.