Tag: agriculture

Despite Drought Brazil Gets Second Best Crop in History

Farmers in Brazil produced 134.8 million tons of grain in the 2008/2009 crop. This ...

To Grow as Agricultural Power Brazil Needs to Fix Transport Bottlenecks

To create conditions for Brazilian farmers to plan their medium and long-term activities and, ...

Brazilian Farmers to Use More Co-ops to Win the World

Establishing consortia with the objective of expanding existing markets and conquering new ones is ...

Brazil’s Agro Research Czar’s Dream: Attune Technology and Environment

Pedro Antonio Arraes Pereira, the Brazilian researcher and engineer  who assumed the presidency of ...

Brazil Goes to Germany for a Big Push of its Coffees

To consolidate Brazil's position as one of the leading suppliers of coffee to the ...

Brazil to Finance Agriculture at a Clip of US$ 46 Billion this Year

Brazil's 2009-2010 crop will count on 93 billion reais (US$ 45.9 billion) in financing, ...

Brazil to the Rescue of Meatpacking Sector with US$ 5 Billion

Brazil will offer a ten billion reais credit line from BNDES, the National Development ...

Brazil’s Cattle Industry Shaken by Plant Closures

The fourth largest Brazilian exporter of beef has halted slaughtering operations at all 11 ...

Sale of Tractors in Brazil Takes a Tumble Due to Drought and Lack of Credit

American company Agco Corp. warned that industry-wide farm-equipment sales in South America could fall ...

Brazil Enters the Organic Foreign Market Mostly with Soy

In Brazil, producers of agricultural goods without the use of pesticides have been winning ...