Insights and Stories on Brazil

Oct. 4, 2024 at 11:52 am CDT

The river port in the Amazon rainforest's largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of grain exports and essential supplies that are the region's lifeline.

By Bruno Kelly, Jake Spring, Reuters

Sep. 18, 2024 at 3:33 pm CDT

As price movement in soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade continued to be a tussle between dry conditions in Brazil versus pressure from the United States harvest, Sean Lusk, vice-president of Walsh Commercial Hedging in Chicago, suggested not to pay much attention to any trade action China might soon take against U.S. soybeans.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Aug. 14, 2024 at 10:40 am CDT

Brazil's JBS SA, the world's largest meatpacker, said on Tuesday that divisions that process chicken and pigs lifted its results, including poultry unit Pilgrim's Pride, JBS USA Pork in the U.S., and Seara in Brazil.

By Reuters, roberto-samora

Jul. 25, 2024 at 10:52 am CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters – Brazil’s beef production is expected to reach a record 10.19 million metric tons in 2024, national crop agency Conab said on Thursday, a 7.1 per cent year-on-year increase that would eclipse the current all-time high set in 2006. Beef exports from the South American country […]

By roberto-samora

Jul. 18, 2024 at 9:46 am CDT

Brazilian authorities are taking measures to contain an outbreak of Newcastle disease in the country's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, according to a statement from local meat lobby ABPA on Thursday.

By Ana Mano, Reuters