Insights and Stories on Brazil

Ex-JBS chair Batista charged with corruption

Jun. 25, 2018 at 6:50 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazilian federal prosecutors on Monday charged JBS SA shareholder Joesley Batista, another senior executive of the meatpacking company and a former federal prosecutor with corruption. The charges against Batista, former executive Francisco Assis and former federal prosecutor Marcello Miller were filed before a federal court in […]

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S./China trade uncertainty weighs on soy

Jun. 6, 2018 at 6:59 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Chickens culled as Brazil truckers disrupt commodity exports

May. 29, 2018 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Ana Mano José Roberto Gomes

U.S. grains: Corn, soy sag on renewed U.S.-China trade tension

May. 29, 2018 at 5:30 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

OIE declares Brazil free of foot-and-mouth, with vaccination

May. 24, 2018 at 7:56 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans surge on U.S.-China trade truce

May. 21, 2018 at 8:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped more than two per cent on Monday after Washington and Beijing agreed to drop tariff threats, easing fears that demand for U.S. shipments to top importer China could slow. Corn prices were little changed, while wheat dropped on crop-boosting rains in the […]

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy sinking below major support

May. 16, 2018 at 7:40 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade softened in value during the week ended Wednesday and could be set to drop even more as growing conditions improve in the U.S. Rainy conditions across the U.S. Midwest and Plains have pressured prices in recent days. […]

By Dave Sims

JBS beats estimates, refinances bank debt

May. 15, 2018 at 1:02 am CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacking company, beat analysts’ estimates for the first quarter and closed a deal to refinance the bulk of its bank debt on Monday. JBS’ net income for the first quarter, 506 million reais (C$179.45 million), was 48 per cent […]

By Reuters

Trade rows spell gain, and pain, for U.S. grain exporters

May. 3, 2018 at 9:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Global grain marketers have seized upon trade tensions between the United States and several of its top export markets, including China, to turn around struggling trading units following one of the toughest years ever for the industry. After five years of bumper harvests worldwide that depressed […]

By Karl Plume P.J. Huffstutter

CBOT weekly outlook: Limited upside seen for U.S. soybeans

May. 2, 2018 at 6:58 pm CDT

CNS Canada — It’s a fluid set of circumstances for the U.S. soybean market these days as U.S. negotiators head to China in a bid to get proposed tariffs lowered on U.S. imports — but the potential for any major rally appears limited. “I would say the beans have a […]