Dry weather speeds up soybean harvest in Brazil

CAMPO VERDE, Brazil, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Long queues of trucks loaded with soybeans have been forming in front of elevators in the heart of Brazil’s grain belt this week, a sure sign the harvest is speeding up and will soon pour an expected record volume of the oilseed into the market. Brazil, the world’s […] Read more

Brazil soy planting seen limited by tight credit, weather

SAO PAULO, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Brazil producers are not expected to plant significantly more area with soy in the new crop due to tight credit amid the country’s worst recession in decades and the prospect of erratic weather, analysts at INTL FCStone said on Thursday. Farmers are expected to plant 33.56 million hectares (82.9 […] Read more