Big Changes 

By Tyler Bruch

It would be quite an understatement to say that things have not changed drastically all around the world in the last two months. When Lehman Brothers...

Brazil Soy Expectations Slip 

Brazil's soybean crop is still expected to rise this year due to reduced competition for acreage from other crops, according to The Brock Report. But,...

Brazil's Ag Credit Tight 

By James Thompson

With no La Nia effect this year, October once again brought the increasingly frequent rainfall that leads up to a new planting season. But there's rain,...

Brazil Sees Modest Soy Crop Increase  

By Richard Brock

In its first estimates of Brazil’s 2008-2009 crop production, the supply arm of Brazil’s agriculture ministry projected soybean production will range from steady to 2.1% higher than ...

This Makes Brazil Look Easy 

BY TYLER BRUCH

Next in a series from Iowa farmer Tyler Bruch, Global Ag Investments, who farms 44,000 acres in Bahia, Brazil and 7,500 acres in Ukraine. So far, 2008...

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...