Insights and Stories of Jake Spring

Feb. 14, 2019 at 6:51 pm CST

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil could double spending on subsidized farm insurance in 2020 and may expand subsidized loans, the country’s agriculture policy secretary said on Thursday, even though the new government’s economic team has pledged to cut spending. The negotiations on next year’s farm subsidies highlight the powerful agribusiness […]

By Jake Spring

Jan. 18, 2019 at 7:47 pm CST

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil should open indigenous land to commercial farming, Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Friday, while also seeking to soften many of President Jair Bolsonaro’s controversial stances on native people and the environment. Farmers form a key base of support for right-wing firebrand Bolsonaro who […]

By Anthony Boadle, Jake Spring

Jan. 14, 2019 at 5:03 pm CST

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil’s right-wing government under President Jair Bolsonaro will seek to classify invasions of farmland by landless workers movements as akin to terrorism, with harsher penalties for perpetrators, an agriculture ministry official said on Monday. Nabhan Garcia, land issues secretary at the ministry, said the government must […]

By Anthony Boadle, Jake Spring

Jan. 5, 2018 at 2:50 pm CST

Brazil | Reuters – Brazil expects the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to declare the country free from foot-and-mouth disease with vaccinations at a meeting in May, according to a government statement on Friday. The declaration will bolster the country’s prospects to export meat to new markets, the statement […]

By Jake Spring

Oct. 16, 2017 at 5:04 pm CDT

Sao Paulo/Brasilia | Reuters –– JBS SA has pulled a planned US$500 million U.S. initial public offering of processed food subsidiary JBS Foods International BV, almost six months after a spree of corruption and food safety scandals in Brazil hurt investor demand for the deal. In a Friday filing with […]

By Guillermo Parra-Bernal, Jake Spring