Market News 

RICHARD BROCK

Brazil Soy Estimate As Expected
In its first official projection of Brazil’s 2006-07 soybean production...

A Little Homesick In The Fall 

By Tyler Bruch

Editor's Note: Next in a series from Iowa farmer Tyler Bruch whose family farms 10,500 acres in Bahia, Brazil. As I noted in last month's column, our...

Waiting For St. Peter 

By James Thompson

When he's not greeting happy souls at the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter, to many Brazilian farmers, is responsible for rainfall. In a country with large areas...

Ready To PlantIn November 

By Tyler Bruch

Editor's Note: Next in a series from Iowa farmer Tyler Bruch whose family farms 10,500 acres in Bahia, Brazil. It has remained hot and dry here in Western...

Is This A Good Time To Buy Brazilian Land? 

It depends on how fast you expect to recover your investment, the type of land you want to buy and how much endurance you have. In the past three or four...

McVictory 

By James Thompson

In late July, the crushers and the grain exporters associations here said they were instituting a two-year ban on handling soybeans from recently deforested...

Brazil Props Up Soy Prices 

By James Thompson

Roberto Tardivo says he'll keep those last 250-or-so acres of soybeans he still grows, but you get the idea their days are numbered. He and his neighbors...

Learning Fast In Brazil 

By Tyler Bruch

Editor's Note: This is the first in a series from Iowan Tyler Bruch whose family farms 10,500 acres in Bahia, Brazil. In 1844 my great, great, great,...

Signs of smaller Brazilian bean crop surface 

James Thompson

Reduced fertilizer purchases may lead to a smaller ‘07 Brazilian bean crop....

Market News 

By Richard Brock

Aid Offer Doesn't Stop Brazil Protests
Protests by Brazilian soy producers have entered a fourth week...