Crop Industry News: Brazil
04 October 2011

BRAZIL - Brazil claims to have clamped down on slash and burn tactics, slave labour and links to deforestation as it seeks to gain foothold in Europe's lucrative biofuels market....

BRAZIL - Agricultural commodities, among them sugar, should see prices return to levels similar to those prior to September, without great reflex on Brazilian exports. The opinion is by Archer...
23 September 2011

BRAZIL - Soybean crops in several regions of Brazil with stains on Reboleira, where the plants are small and yellowish, reveal hidden nematodes. The worms are not visible to the naked eye, but...
09 September 2011

BRAZIL - Brazil's corn price outlook continues to be strongly bullish, reflecting reduced production in last winter's crop and sustained domestic demand, reports Alfredo Navarro, the US Grains...
29 August 2011

BRAZIL & ARGENTINA - South American grain and oilseed production may be in jeopardy from the formation of a La Niña dry-weather pattern, which might curb rainfall in parts of Brazil and Argentina,...
17 August 2011

BRAZIL - A new variety of sugar cane promising yield increases up to 25 per cent, while being more drought-tolerant than conventional strains, is expected to be commercially available in Brazil...
11 August 2011

BRAZIL - Data from the 'Physical Production Industrial Survey - Agroindustry' shows a decline in sectors linked to agriculture....
05 August 2011

BRAZIL - The area in Brazil planted with transgenic seeds is now growing at a faster pace than the growth of the entire planted area for crops of soybeans, corn and cotton - the three crops with...
15 July 2011

BRAZIL - According to the authors of a study from Piracicaba, Brazil, "Sugar and ethanol production are key components of Brazil's rural development and energy strategies, yet in recent years...
13 July 2011

BRAZIL - Sugar jumped the most since October after an industry group said output would decline in Brazil, the world's biggest grower. ...
12 July 2011

BRAZIL - A new report from Rabobank's Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) highlights the challenges to growth for the cane and ethanol industry in Brazil, and describes the short...
30 June 2011

BRAZIL - The cost of sugar hit a 3½-month high yesterday as traders worried about increasingly lower production in Brazil....
03 June 2011

BRAZIL - Cargill and the USJ Group are to establish a joint venture in the sugar, ethanol, and bioelectricity sector. ...
23 May 2011

BRAZIL - Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest has increased almost sixfold, new data suggests. ...
27 April 2011

BRAZIL - Commodity prices are a game of supply and demand, and prices increase when supply is low and demand is high. In Brazil, domestic consumption is projected to grow, and the United States...
18 April 2011

BRAZIL - The mechanisation of sugar cane harvesting, originally aimed at curbing pollution caused by the burning of cane fields, has resulted in an added bonus - it has helped to improve soil...
14 April 2011

BRAZIL & US - Brazil is the No. 1 US competitor for global farm exports, but the president of the Illinois Farm Bureau said last week the country also can be a partner to North American farmers....
13 April 2011

BRAZIL - The unstable climate in 2010 and the advanced age of cane plantations did not help the 2011-2012 sugarcane crop. The state of Sao Paulo, which answers to 70 per cent of Brazilian production,...
22 March 2011

BRAZIL - One of the first things disembarking passengers see at Cuiaba airport in central Brazil is a property advertisement offering arable land to foreigners. ...
17 March 2011

The newest and most effective technology for corn insect control will soon be available to Brazilian corn growers. ...
07 March 2011

BRAZIL - The scarcity of sugar products in Brazil, the top producer, has led the country to turn to the US for corn-based ethanol to replenish depleted supplies of its own cane-based alternative,...
24 February 2011

BRAZIL — Three quarters of the area in Brazil farmed with soybeans and more than half of the area planted with corn used genetically modified seeds in the 2010/11 season, according to...
09 February 2011

BRAZIL - The National Biosafety Committee (CTNBio) in Brazil has approved Syngenta's triple corn stack Bt11 x MIR162 x GA21 for cultivation in the country. ...

BRAZIL - Brazil's leading soybean producing state, Mato Grosso, is expected to see higher than expected yields of early short-cycle soybean this year. ...
07 February 2011

BRAZIL — Cargill announced plans to build a new corn processing plant in Brazil to produce starches and sweeteners solutions. ...
03 February 2011

BRAZIL - Gross revenues from production and sales of agricultural products, known as the Gross Agricultural Production Value, may reach an all-time high in 2011. ...
02 February 2011

BRAZIL - Record levels of genetically modified (GM) crops have been planted in Brazil for the 2010/11 harvest, writes farmersguardian.com. ...
27 January 2011

Changes in Brazilian coffee production may diminish the country's cycle of alternate low and high bean production years, blamed for imposing extra volatility and costs on the industry worldwide,...
03 January 2011

The Organics Brazil Project sold $108.2 million abroad in 2010, mainly in food products, according to anba.com.br. ...
23 December 2010

BRAZIL - A new soybean disease that is slowly spreading throughout Brazil could have devastating effects, according to allvoices.com. ...