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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