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Grain companies in Brazil may reduce credit for farmers

Grain companies in Brazil, who are members of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove), have indicated that they intend to reduce the amount of credit offered to farmers for producing crops during the 2019/20 growing season.…

Brazil updated regulation on agrochemical use in minor crops

The Brazilian fruit and vegetable sectors have reasons to celebrate. On June 16, Brazil government completed five years of publication of the Joint Normative Instruction (INC) 1/2014, which systematized and simplified the registration process…
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Brazil Anvisa extends public consultation period for glyphosate re-evaluation

The National Sanitary Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has extended for 30 days the deadline for sending contributions to the public consultation regarding the re-evaluation of the herbicide glyphosate . The new deadline is July 8. The decision…

Parana hit hardest by soybean rust of any State in Brazil

Soybean producers in the state of Parana have noticed in recent years that their state has been recording the highest number of soybean rust cases of any state in Brazil. The anti-rust division of Embrapa confirmed again that the most cases…

Brazil's corn exports could exceed 30 million tons in 2019

Brazilian farmers are getting ready to harvest what they hope will be a very good safrinha corn crop. The safrinha corn crop is the second crop of corn planted after the first crop of soybeans are harvested and it will represent approximately…

Brazil is second largest corn exporter in the world and climbing

Brazil's corn production has been increasing steadily over the past decade and Brazil has now become the world's second leading corn exporter in the world after the Unite States. Ten years ago, Brazil was responsible for only 1% of the world's…

Brazil to become Second Largest Cotton Exporter in the World

Cotton farmers in Brazil are very optimistic concerning their 2018/19 crop. If the cotton crop in Brazil turns out as good as it presently looks, Brazil is poised to become the second largest cotton exporter in the world surpassing India and…

2018/19 Brazilian Soybean Crop approaching 70% Harvested

The Brazilian soybean crop is 68% harvested compared to 65% last year and 64% for the 5-year average according to Safras & Mercado. This represents an advance of 6% for the week. Mato Grosso do Sul is 96% harvested and Goias is 83% harvested.…

Brazilian farmers plant a record large cotton crop

Brazilian farmers did very well with their 2017/18 cotton crop and as a result, they are expected to significantly increase their cotton acreage in 2018/19 to a new record large production. According to Conab's latest assessment of the crop,…