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Brazil's cotton exports could increase 35% in 2019

Brazilian farmers are taking advantage of strong cotton prices to increase their cotton production and subsequently their cotton exports. Farmers in Mato Grosso are planning to increase their 2018/19 cotton acreage by 18.1% according to the…

Brazil rules that only agronomists can prescribe agrochemicals

As of October 2018, only agronomists can prescribe the use of agrochemicals. Until now, prescriptions could only reproduce what is predicted in the package inserts issued by manufacturers. The decision was set out in an agreement signed between…

Brazil's next President could have big impact on agricultural policy

Brazilians will be going to the polls next Sunday to choose their new president. The front-runner is the far right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro, a congressman who has said that Brazil's environmental policies are "suffocating the country." He…

Cotton acreage and production continues to increase in Brazil

Strong domestic cotton prices in Brazil are expected to incentivize Brazilian farmers to plant more cotton during the 2018/19 growing season. That is the opinion of the Cotton Section of the Ministry of Agriculture which was expressed at a meeting…

Cotton acreage in Brazil could double over next four years

Good cotton prices and a high demand for cotton from China is expected to encourage Brazilian farmers to continue increasing their cotton acreage for the next few years. In fact, the executive secretary of the Brazilian Association of Cotton…

2018/19 Corn acreage in Argentina could increase 7.4%

The very early corn planting in northern Argentina is getting off to somewhat of a slow start due to dryer conditions in northern Cordoba province and the speculation in the market is how much total corn will be planted in Argentina in 2018/19. Farmers…