BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest have receded slightly since President Jair Bolsonaro sent in the military to help battle the blazes, but international fallout accelerated as a major shoemaker said it would not buy supplies from Brazil. Brazil has registered 2,696 fires in the Amazon in the five days since […] Read more
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Brazil foreign minister urges China to improve GMO approvals
BRASILIA, April 25 (Reuters) – Brazil Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said on Thursday that the country must work with China to reduce non-tariff barriers to agriculture trade, including improving the process for genetically modified goods. Brazil is the world’s largest exporter of soybeans, the vast majority of which are genetically modified organisms (GMO). Many newer […] Read more
Brazil preparing for end of U.S.-China trade war
BRASILIA, March 13 (Reuters) – Brazil is conducting studies on how it could be impacted by the end of the trade dispute between China and the United States, which could help Latin America’s largest economy to formulate a response if it disrupts soy exports, agriculture officials told Reuters. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on […] Read more
Brazil shifting to self-monitoring of food, meat plants – minister
BRASILIA – Brazil is moving toward a self-monitoring system for food processors, Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Friday, including meatpackers still recovering from an inspection scandal that hurt trade with key markets. Dias said in an interview that the South American nation’s new business-friendly government plans to send draft legislation on self-monitoring to […] Read more
Appetite for destruction: Soy boom devours Brazil’s tropical savanna
CAMPOS LINDOS, Brazil, (Reuters) – When farmer Julimar Pansera purchased land in Brazil’s interior seven years ago, it was blanketed in tiers of fruit trees, twisted shrubs and the occasional palm standing tall in a thicket of undergrowth. He mowed down most of that vegetation, set it ablaze and started planting soybeans. Over the past […] Read more
