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Dry spell puts southern Brazil soy farmers on alert as rains pound central regions

Jan. 8, 2025 at 10:53 am CST

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.

Brazil farmer lobby asks to lift soybean ban from deforested Amazon rainforest

Dec. 11, 2024 at 4:48 pm CST

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JBS posts profit as chicken and pigs make up for beef slump

Aug. 14, 2024 at 10:40 am CDT

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Brazil beef output to hit record in 2024, Conab says

Jul. 25, 2024 at 10:52 am CDT

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Brazil floods hit food silos, disrupt routes to major grains port

May. 7, 2024 at 4:38 pm CDT

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El Nino worries Brazil soy farmers as planting progresses, grain lobby says

Oct. 19, 2023 at 6:45 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Soybean farmers in top growing state Mato Grosso worry that scarce rains and high temperatures will lead to replanting of some areas while lowering yields in others, local grain farmer lobby Aprosoja-MT said Thursday. The unusual heat and dryness has been linked to the El […]

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Brazil’s JBS reboots plan to list shares in New York

Jul. 12, 2023 at 4:41 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s largest meat packer, on Wednesday proposed listing its shares in New York, hoping the move will bring its multiples closer to peers and that a broader investor base will give it more access to cheaper capital, sending its shares up eight […]

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Beef consumption to rise in China, JBS predicts

Feb. 1, 2023 at 5:33 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Demand for beef in China is expected to rise as the country still has relatively low per capita consumption, Gilberto Tomazoni, chief executive of JBS SA, said on Wednesday during a business conference. He said Brazil and the U.S., where JBS has meat facilities, are […]

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JBS vows to monitor whole cattle supply chain’s impact on Amazon

Sep. 23, 2020 at 3:20 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s top meatpacker, said Wednesday it plans to combat destruction in the Amazon by monitoring its entire supply chain for deforestation by 2025, as pressure mounts from environmentalists and investors. Brazilian meatpackers are facing increasing criticism that beef production is fueling deforestation […]

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Brazil farmers push traders to end Amazon soy moratorium

Nov. 6, 2019 at 9:35 am CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters – Brazilian farmers plan to start a campaign next week to end a ban by trading firms on buying soybeans from parts of the Amazon rainforest cleared after 2008, leaders from a major farmer group told Reuters, citing support from President Jair Bolsonaro. The push to end traders’ […]

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