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Brazil Crop Estimates Rising
Estimates of Brazil’s 2006-07 soybean crop are on the rise with crop scouts reporting record yields in many growing areas...
Building A Biodiesel Plant
By Tyler Bruch
Editor's Note: Next in a series from Iowa farmer Tyler Bruch whose family farms 10,500 acres in Bahia, Brazil. Four years ago when I came to Brazil, ethanol and biodiesel plants were beginning to pop up quite randomly in the U.S...
Exchange Rates, Weather Hold The Key For Brazil Beans
By James Thompson
It was the worst of times it was the even worse yet of times, north and south, for Brazilian soybean farmers in April, May and June of last year. Politicians...
Sizing Up South America
By Alan Kluis
(Note: This is a partial summary of what I learned on my most recent trip conducting marketing seminars in Brazil.) I was again amazed at the huge potential for increased corn, soybean and cotton production...
Rust Rears Up In Brazil Again
By Greg Lamp
Once again, Asian soybean rust is back with a vengeance for our South American neighbors in Brazil...
Plant And Scout At The Same Time
By Tyler Bruch
Editor's Note: Next in a series from Iowa farmer Tyler Bruch whose family farms 10,500 acres in Bahia, Brazil. The planting season carried on from last...
Brazil's Ear Pressure
By James Thompson
Jos Joaquim Rodrigues, 52, says it's a good year to plant corn in Brazil. Last year he produced 75 hectares, but this year, he's planted more than 250...
Some Assembly Required
By Tyler Bruch
Planting season is underway — we started with the popcorn on Oct. 28 and finished it a few days later. Only 13 days after planting ...
Brazil Expands Biodiesel
By James Thompson
Roberto Kitagawa says he might have planted soybeans this year if there had been more orientation about biodiesel. As it is, the former soybean grower...
Wild Poinsettia Prevails Over Glyphosate In Brazil
Wild poinsettia, or Euphorbia heterophylla, has been confirmed resistant to glyphosate in Brazil, making it the eleventh weed in the world to develop resistance to the herbicide....
