Bearish In Brazil
Nov 1, 2006
Last year wasn't a great time to be a Brazilian farmer. Soybean and corn producers across the country were hit with droughts at planting and near floods...
Brazil Now Embraces GMOS
Nov 1, 2006
The Brazilian Seed Producers Association, Abrasem, estimates that about 72% of Brazil's new soybean crop will be genetically modified varieties, far more...
Will Brazil Export More Ethanol?
Nov 1, 2006, By Edward Lotterman
U.S. producers wonder how much Brazil can expand ethanol production and how much it could eventually export. The answer is that there is a long way to...
Is Land Reform Unfair?
Nov 1, 2006, By James Thompson
Early on March 14, militants invaded the nearly 5,000-acre Canhambola Farm, which had been in the Andrade family for 100 years. The farm has cattle, corn,...
Market News
Oct 24, 2006, Richard Brock
Brazil Soy Planting Off To Good Start
Brazil’s 2006-07 soybean planting season is off...
Market News
Oct 11, 2006, RICHARD BROCK
Brazil Soy Estimate As Expected
In its first official projection of Brazil’s 2006-07 soybean production...
A Little Homesick In The Fall
Oct 1, 2006, By Tyler Bruch
Editor's Note: Next in a series from Iowa farmer Tyler Bruch whose family farms 10,500 acres in Bahia, Brazil. As I noted in last month's column, our...
Waiting For St. Peter
Oct 1, 2006, By James Thompson
When he's not greeting happy souls at the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter, to many Brazilian farmers, is responsible for rainfall. In a country with large areas...
Is This A Good Time To Buy Brazilian Land?
Sep 1, 2006
It depends on how fast you expect to recover your investment, the type of land you want to buy and how much endurance you have. In the past three or four...
McVictory
Sep 1, 2006, By James Thompson
In late July, the crushers and the grain exporters associations here said they were instituting a two-year ban on handling soybeans from recently deforested...
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