Stories by Roberto Samora

JBS sees US cattle cycle improving from late 2027

JBS turns Q2 profit despite challenging operating environment

U.S.-based beef-packers will continue to reel from low cattle availability for about three or four quarters, with gradual improvements of the U.S. cattle herd happening gradually from late 2027, meatpacking giant JBS said on Thursday.

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A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil May 17, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Vara

Livestock Management, reuters

Brazil poised to declare itself bird flu ‘free,’ state official says

Brazil is ready to declare the country free of the bird flu virus on commercial flocks, Edivilson Brum, the head of Rio Grande do Sul state’s agriculture department, said on Wednesday in a statement.

June 18, 2025

Livestock Management, News, reuters

Brazil chicken exports tick down in May after bird flu outbreak

Chicken meat exports from Brazil have fallen slightly year-on-year in May, trade data from the government showed on Monday, after the country logged a case of bird flu on a commercial farm.

May 27, 2025

Sugar production in Brazil's centre-south region fell by 11% in the second half of July to 3 million tonnes, industry group Unica said, more than expected. Unica added that the three waves of frosts that hit the agricultural areas had further damaged crops already hurt by the worst drought in 90 years. | Getty Images

Crop Management, Markets, News

Sugar soars as crops in world’s top producer Brazil hit by frosts

SAO PAULO/NEW YORK, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Sugar prices hit their highest level in more than four years on Tuesday after a report confirmed damage to sugarcane crops in the world’s larger producer Brazil from unusually harsh frosts in June and July. Sugar production in Brazil’s centre-south region fell by 11% in the second half […] Read more

August 11, 2021

Markets, News

Brazil soy area to grow at the slowest pace in 13 years

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The area in Brazil to be planted with soybeans in the 2019-20 season, which starts this month, will grow by the slowest pace in 13 years as a global trade war and swine fever in China cloud the outlook for farmers, according to analysts at AgRural. The agribusiness consultancy expects Brazil’s […] Read more

September 4, 2019

Markets, News

Brazil soybeans coveted by China, local crushing industry

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s soybean market got another boost this week with local oilseeds processors increasingly competing with Chinese buyers for one of Brazil’s most prized export commodities, causing prices in local currency to spike. While traders reported Chinese buying more than 1 million tonnes of soybeans from Brazil and Argentina in the last […] Read more

August 16, 2019

A spate of farmer defaults in Brazil's top grain-producing state, Mato Grosso, has created headaches for global traders who are among farmers' main creditors. | File photo

News

Brazilian oilseeds group: Traders may cut farmer credit due to defaults

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Abiove, Brazil’s oilseeds industry group, said on Tuesday that commodities traders may reduce financing to farmers by around 50 percent for the new crop (2019/20) due to defaults and bankruptcy protection requests in the sector. Patrícia da Silva, Abiove’s tax and legal affairs manager, said the potential reduction in farmer loans […] Read more

June 12, 2019

The United States and Brazil on Tuesday announced steps aimed at lowering barriers to agricultural trade, focusing on wheat, pork and beef. The United States is Brazil's largest wheat supplier outside of Mercosur. | File photo

News

Brazil-U.S. wheat deal catches major supplier Argentina off guard

BUENOS AIRES/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Farmers in Brazil and Argentina are concerned about Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s agreement to import 750,000 tonnes of wheat from the United States and other countries outside the Mercosur trade bloc without applying the 10 percent tariff that is usually levied on such purchases. Wheat growers in Argentina’s Pampas farm […] Read more

March 21, 2019

Crop Management, Markets, News

Brazil to import 1 mln tonnes of soy from U.S., says trader

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil, the world’s No 1 soy exporter, is expected to import around 1 million tonnes of the oilseed in coming months from its largest global competitor, the United States, as local supplies dwindle, according to Sao Paulo-based grain trader Agribrasil. It would be the first time that the South American nation, […] Read more

September 26, 2018

Roberto Samora

JBS sees US cattle cycle improving from late 2027

Brazil poised to declare itself bird flu ‘free,’ state official says

Brazil chicken exports tick down in May after bird flu outbreak

Sugar soars as crops in world’s top producer Brazil hit by frosts

Brazil soy area to grow at the slowest pace in 13 years

Brazil soybeans coveted by China, local crushing industry

Brazilian oilseeds group: Traders may cut farmer credit due to defaults

Brazil-U.S. wheat deal catches major supplier Argentina off guard

Brazil to import 1 mln tonnes of soy from U.S., says trader

Alberta Beef Producers announces withdrawal from Canadian Cattle Association

Wheat losses expected

Canadian canola sector happy with U.S. bill

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