SAO PAULO,Brazil (Reuters) — Dry weather is limiting soybean development in Brazil’s southernmost state, putting farmers on alert there at the same time as excessive rain is set to disrupt early harvest work in central areas of the country, according to meteorologists. Expectations for the 2025 soybean harvest in Brazil, the world’s largest producer and […] Read more
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Brazilian meat exports skyrocket
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — Beef and chicken exports from Brazil, the world’s largest supplier of both meat types, may break new records in 2025, two industry groups said after the release of annual trade data. Their optimism reflects the positive effects of lower grain prices and a weak Brazilian currency, which could continue to […] Read more
Brazil’s soy farmers want ban lifted
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — A farmers’ lobby in Brazil is seeking to end a two-decade-long agreement that forbids grain traders from buying soybeans from farms on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest, claiming the deal has created an uneven playing field. Aprosoja-MT, based in western Mato Grosso state, says the agreement fostered “a purchasing […] Read more
BRICS grain exchange will take time
MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — Russia’s proposal for a new international grain exchange could take years to get off the ground, even though the plan was welcomed by members of the BRICS group of countries at a recent summit in Kazan, Russia. The country has been pushing to establish the exchange as part of a broader […] Read more
Illegal Brazilian soybeans sold on global markets
Multinational companies indirectly buy crop grown on illegally leased tribal lands as issue causes division and conflict
PASSO FUNDO, Brazil (Reuters) — Farm co-operatives in Brazil that supply some of the world’s biggest multinational agricultural firms are buying soybeans grown illegally on Indigenous reservations in the country, according to tribal leaders and court records. This comes despite the companies’ public pledges to respect the land rights and resources of Indigenous peoples. The […] Read more
Slow growth expected for Brazilian soy
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — The area planted with soybeans in Brazil in 2024-25 will grow at its slowest pace in almost two decades, says agribusiness consultancy AgRural, forecasting a modest 0.9 per cent expansion when compared with the previous season. Farmers in the South American country, the world’s largest soybean producer and exporter, are set to […] Read more
Brazilian farmers face hotter, drier future
SASKATOON — Climate change could decimate crop production in one of the world’s agricultural powerhouses, according to a weather and climate expert. Kyle Tapley, meteorologist and senior sales manager with Maxar Intelligence, recently put together a case study for how climate change could affect production in Mato Grosso, the top soybean and corn producing state […] Read more
Corn planting slow in Brazil
SAO PAULO (Reuters) — Brazilian farmers have started seeding their 2024-25 first corn crop, agribusiness consultancy AgRural has said, estimating work in the fields to have reached 4.2 per cent of the projected area in the key center-south region by late last week. Brazil plants corn all year round, and the first crop usually represents […] Read more
Farm vs. forest fight breaks out in the Amazon
Brazil’s ag sector defends expansion of farmland into the rainforest as concerns mount over the continuing loss of trees
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Brazilian farmers are feeling the effects of the climate emergency as drought and floods wreak havoc across the country, but despite poor harvests and rotting crops, they are fighting to protect their right to fell more trees and convert grasslands. The southern Rio Grande do Sul state […] Read more
Brazil aims for wheat self-sufficiency
‘Tropical wheat’ that can grow in country’s savanna-like region will be key to meeting objective
Glacier FarmMedia – Brazil is on its way to becoming self-sufficient in wheat over the next 10 years, says the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA attaché in the country’s capital of Brasilia said the expansion of wheat will include cultivating “tropical wheat” in the savanna-like region of central Brazil known as the Cerrado biome. […] Read more
