Planting More Corn This Year 

BY TYLER BRUCH

It seems like yesterday we were getting ready for the harvest season to begin in Brazil; it normally starts around the middle of March for most grain...

See Columnist Tyler Bruch Live 

Corn & Soybean Digest’s Brazil columnist, Tyler Bruch, 28, was featured in a special CNBC business news program Sunday, May 4...

Brazil Boosts Crop Estimates 

CONAB, the supply arm of Brazil's ag ministry, has boosted its estimate of the country's 2007-2008 soybean crop to 59.5 million tons from 58.5 million,...

We're Helping Out Local Schools 

By Tyler Bruch

The crops in Bahia have gained a lot of ground the last six weeks, mostly because we've had great rains. The moisture that we waited for at the beginning...

Biotech Corn in Brazil 

BY JAMES THOMPSON

While Brazil may be the world's least-cost bean producer, that doesn't hold true with corn. This is why the Brazilian government's recent approval of...

Brazil Okays Biotech Corn 

Monsanto and Bayer CropScience have gotten the green light to begin producing and selling biotech corn in Brazil, according to the National Biosafety...

Cotton Gin and Another Plane Crash 

By Tyler Bruch

The planting season finished up for us around Dec. 28. This was 15-20 days later than what our planting objective was this year, but we had a late start...

Chicken Feed 

By James Thompson

Livestock producers in the U.S. have pointed out that higher corn and soybean prices may be putting a squeeze on their profits. And they're not alone....

Attach Cuts Brazil Soy Crop Estimate 

Compiled by Greg Lamp

The U.S. agricultural attach in Brazil trimmed his estimate of that country's soybean crop to 60.1 million metric tons (mmt), from a November estimate...

Brazil Rains Boost Soil Moisture 

By Richard Brock

Heavy rains arrived over Brazil's southern and center-west soybean states over the weekend and should continue over the center-west into next week, independent forecaster Somar said on Monday...