News from Brazil

Deforestation slows across Brazilian Amazon Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon is slowing down according to an analysis of satellite images released today by Brazil's National Space Research ... Brazil nears U.S. soybean crop size The planets seem to have aligned for Brazilian soybean growers next year, with conditions in place for the world's No. 2 producer to finally give the ... Farm production needs to rise 60% by 2050 World farm production must rise 60 percent by 2050 to meet the needs of a growing population but this has to happen in "a more sustainable way," the U... Brazil claims South Africa inflated poultry imports The South African Poultry Association "grossly overstated official import statistics" in submissions to the investigation into poultry imports from Br... Brazil unveils $US57b agricultural loan Brazil President Dilma Rousseff has unveiled a 115-billion-reais ($A56.72 billion) loan program aimed at reinforcing agriculture's role as a lever of ... Climate-smart agriculture to reduce vulnerability Agroforestry is gaining ground as a tool for climate change adaptation and mitigation in Central America, a region where global warming could generate... FG seeks Brazil’s support on power, agriculture President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday evening sought the support and cooperation of the Brazilian government for the development of mechanised agri... European Union says it signed accord with Brazil on agriculture The European Union has signed a memorandum of understanding with Brazil to promote cooperation in agriculture and rural development, according to a st... US$5 billion agricultural research portfolio unveiled The CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers has formally presented its new US$5 billion research portfolio at the UN Conferenc... A new vision for sustainable agriculture for Rio+20 Summit The new vision for sustainable development that will emerge this week from the Rio+20 Earth Summit must recognize the significance of agriculture in e... Project launches to measure and manage GHG emissions for agriculture in Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO -- The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the British Embassy are launching a two year partnership to measure corporate and farm-level... Brazilian agriculture to see weak recovery The primary sector, which for the most part doesn't comprise downstream production of goods such as soybean oil, processed meat, cigarettes or refined... Brazil's JBS suing Greenpeace after report Brazil's JBS, the world's largest meat company, said on Wednesday it would sue environmental organization Greenpeace for what it called false claims t... Brazil to run out of soybeans Brazil could soon run out of soybeans to export this year after producers frontloaded their shipments more than normal to cash in on high internationa... Brazil forest bill on hold Just weeks ahead of hosting a world forum on sustainable development, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff partially vetoed a controversial forest bill ... Rousseff vetoes clauses of land law Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff on Friday vetoed divisive elements of a new law that relaxes the forest cover farmers must preserve on their l... Land fights up, but fewer activists dead Conflicts over land issues in Brazil increased last year, although the number of rural activists killed nationally went down slightly, according to a ... Brazil suspends Argentine grape imports The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) has suspended imports of Argentine grapes after disease ’Brevipalpus Chilensi... Brazil seen as rising investment favourite Brazil will remain as an attractive investment destination for the next few years, according to Pedro Bastos, who is HSBC Global Asset Management&rsqu... Brazil congress approves environment law Brazil’s lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a bill that weakens the nation’s benchmark environmental law protecting the Amazon ... Brazil approves Chilean avocado imports Brazil is set to allow the import of Chilean avocados that have been cleaned and certified free of pests and disease, the government’s Agricultu... Brazil congress set to vote on forest law Activists are warning that a proposed revamping of Brazil’s tough environmental law could roll back recent historic gains in the fight against A... Coffee falls on Brazil harvest expectations Coffee prices fell to their lowest level in 18 months Monday on expectations that Brazilian growers will produce a robust harvest. Farmers to plant more corn U.S. grain farmers this spring intend to plant the nation’s highest corn acreage since 1937, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture repor... Brazil's soy farmers to plant record acreage Brazilian farmers will likely plant at least 26.2 million hectares with soybeans in the next crop - up 1.1 million hectares... Brazil minister to discuss Russian meat ban Brazilian agriculture minister Mendes Ribeiro Filho will travel to Russia to discuss a ban on shipments of meat from certain companies from the South ... Brasil Foods Q4 profit falls Brasil Foods, the world’s largest poultry exporter, booked a worse-than-expected drop in fourth-quarter net income as rising feed costs and a on... Brazil tries to balance farming and forests It’s harvest time in the heart of Brazil. Top-of-the-line John Deere tractors carve up vast soybean fields, sucking in dry pods and leaving a tr... Farming pioneers fight to maintain way of life In recent years, Brazil has been at the frontline of a battle to curb deforestation, but in the 1980s it saw the land as fertile for development. The ... Brazil enjoying record production Brazil exports are anticipated to rise to more than $80 billion in 2011, a 32% increase from a previous record $62 billion in 2010, according to a rec... Farming needed to meet environment challenges Agriculture is part of the solution to the world’s environmental challenge and must play a key role at next June’s Rio summit on sustainab... Record coffee crop expected in Brazil Coffee output in Brazil, the world’s largest producer, will likely rise to a record this year as trees enter the higher-yielding... Brazil reports record year for ag exports Brazil’s government says agricultural exports last year hit a record high, mostly on the back of Chinese demand and surging prices. Brazil tackles Amazon frontier farming Never seen without his cowboy hat, Mauro Lucio listens to country music as he drives his pick-up truck around Paragominas municipality in Brazil&rsquo... Britain to fight deforestation in Brazil Britain is spending £10m to tackle deforestation in Brazil in an effort to protect wildlife and reduce carbon emissions. Brazil defiant as it diversifies‎ It is 10 years since the Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill first coined the term Bric - Brazil, Russia, India, China - when describing a group... China's growing appetite for meat helps Brazil Until the early 1970s, Brazil’s agricultural sector was uncompetitive with low yields. The Brazilian government then started to introduce variou... Brazil faces $100bn hit if forest bill fails Brazil would lose about $100 billion in agricultural output if the senate rejects legislation that forgives farmers for illegally clearing protected r... Brazil interested in Indonesian poultry At the recent Indonesian chicken and egg festival in Jakarta, the ambassador of the Brazilian embassy in Indonesia, Paulo Soares expressed Brazil&rsqu... Brazil, Argentina block beef on FMD Brazil and Argentina suspended beef imports from landlocked Paraguay, the world’s seventh-largest shipper, after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth d... Brazil mourns death of 'bio-diesel' creator Brazilian scientist Expedito Jose de Sá Parent, 70, who is considered the creator of bio-diesel died this week in Fortaleza. Brazil hopes for bigger cane crop in 2012 Brazil’s weather-ravaged sugar cane crop could rebound next year, helping the country begin to revive lagging ethanol production, an agriculture... JBS, worlds largest beef producers, reports losses The company posted net income of 3.7 billion Real in the second quarter in 2010, with net income of 147 million Real in the first quarter of this year... Brazil agri minister resigns amid corrpution charges Brazilian Agriculture Minister Wagner Rossi resigned after corruption allegations, the fourth top official to leave President Dilma Rousseff’s g... Brazil sugar cane output set for 2012 recovery Brazil’s sugar cane output is set for a recovery in 2012, US Department of Agriculture attaches said, even as they joined the round of analysts ... Brazil’s flowering fields signal sugar shock To the untrained eye, Brazil’s sugarcane plantations have never looked better. Rare, feather-like violet flowers have shot up from the top of th... Brazil's crackdown on deforestation From the veranda of his farmhouse on the outskirts of this isolated riverside settlement, Gilvan Onofre can hear the helicopters coming, their rotors ... Brazil mulls leasing farmland to foreigners Brazil may start leasing farm land to foreigners to find a way around new legal restrictions on land sales and attract more foreign investment, the ag... Coffee may rise 40% after frost Brazil, the world’s biggest coffee grower, is facing the risk of frost after hail this month... JBS not interested in buying Brazil poultry plant JBS S.A., the world’s largest beef producer, isn’t interested in buying poultry plants in Brazil, Chief Executive Officer Wesley Batista s...