Tag: soy

Pesticides Set Big Farms Against Small Farmers in Brazil

The municipality of Lucas do Rio Verde, the second largest producer of grains in ...

McDonald’s Vows to Investigate Charges that It Is Destroying Brazil’s Amazon

In an official note, the McDonald’s global fast-food chain informs that it will "immediately" ...

Brazil Still Ambivalent on Adopting Genetically Modified Crops

Brazilian legislation permits the cultivation of one type of genetically modified (GM) soy and ...

Brazilians Betting China’s Growth Will Help Brazil

Brazilian exports will be favored by the increase in prices of some of the ...

Brazil Offers Farmers Low-Interest Loans to Fight Soybean Rust

The Bank of Brazil (BB) opened an emergency credit line of US$ 85 million ...

Agribusiness Exports Bring 28.6 Million to Brazil, 10% More than Last Year

Brazilian agribusiness exports yielded US$ 4.38 billion in August, an increase in 16% in ...

Drought Cuts Brazil’s Soy and Corn by 20%

Brazil’s soy and corn are the crops that have been hardest hit by drought ...

The Invasion of Uruguay. Brazil Has Taken Over the Meat and Rice Industries

In Uruguay, as in all other countries in the region, the expansion of single-crop ...