Insights and Stories on Brazil

Trump trade war favors Brazil’s agribusiness, grain company SLC says

Mar. 14, 2025 at 10:43 am CDT

The trade war initiated by U.S. President Donald Trump, which led countries including China to retaliate against tariffs implemented by his administration, is favorable to Brazil, the CEO of agribusiness firm SLC Agricola said on Thursday.

A soybean crop in Manitoba's Interlake in 2022.

U.S. wheat sees most notable changes in March S/D report

Mar. 11, 2025 at 4:59 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Spring weather to dominate first half of March

Mar. 3, 2025 at 3:40 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Global avian influenza outbreaks give Brazil chicken exports an edge

Feb. 25, 2025 at 1:23 pm CST

By Ana Mano Reuters

IGC trims global corn crop forecast as South America outlook cut

Feb. 20, 2025 at 9:44 am CST

By Reuters

Brazil 2024/25 soy forecast cut due to drought during crop tour

Feb. 19, 2025 at 11:12 am CST

Brazilian soybean farmers will reap 171.3 million metric tons of soybeans in the 2024/25 season, less than the 172.4 million tons forecast in January, agribusiness consultancy Agroconsult said on Wednesday after inspecting about half of the fields in a nationwide crop tour.

By Ana Mano Reuters

Nutrien says its Brazil unit will sell fertilizer blending plants in the country

Feb. 13, 2025 at 10:04 am CST

The Brazilian unit of Nutrien said it will sell its fertilizer blending plants in the country, according to a statement sent to Reuters on Thursday.

By Ana Mano Reuters

Brazil’s beef companies breathing easy over prospect of new Trump tariffs

Jan. 22, 2025 at 3:10 pm CST

Brazilian beef companies do not expect to be hurt by potential new tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration because of low inventories of cattle in the U.S. and a sizable tariff that already exists on these exports.

By Ana Mano Reuters

Brazilian soy shipments to China from five firms halted, sources say

Jan. 22, 2025 at 10:32 am CST

China, the world's biggest soybean buyer, has stopped receiving Brazilian soybean shipments from five entities after cargoes did not meet phytosanitary requirements, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

By Ella Cao Laurie Chen Mei Mei Chu Naveen Thukral Reuters

Brazilian meatpacker JBS says net-zero emissions pledge was ‘never a promise’

Jan. 15, 2025 at 9:59 am CST

The world's largest meatpacker, JBS, became in 2021 the first of its peers to commit to cutting or offsetting all its emissions by 2040, and to ending illegal deforestation across its long supply chain that starts in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.

By Luciana Magalhaes Reuters Simon Jessop Stefanie Eschenbacher