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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

JBS doesn’t see Brazil beef exports to U.S. before 2016

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 14, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Meatpacker JBS expects fresh beef exports from Brazil to the U.S. to begin no earlier than 2016, later than the Brazilian government predicted, CEO Wesley Batista said Friday. An agreement between the two countries was signed in June, when Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visited Washington, but Batista said it would […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Reuters

Brazil looking to open Canadian, Saudi Arabian fresh beef markets

By GFM Network News July 27, 2015

Brasilia/Reuters – Brazil is working on a deal to open the Canadian market for fresh beef in the second half of 2015 and is in the final phase of opening the Saudi Arabian market, the agriculture ministry’s secretary of international relations said on Monday. Brazil also expects a final deal to export beef to Japan […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

USDA takes first step to import fresh beef from Brazil, Argentina

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 29, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its regulations to allow fresh beef into the U.S. from Brazil and Argentina under specific conditions that mitigate risk of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the agency said Monday. “This is the first step of a process for these […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Brazil’s grain ports seen facing record volumes

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 12, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s grain ports will endeavour to move the last of a record soybean crop just as a huge corn harvest starts competing for terminal space, testing the country’s export capacity, an analyst at local consultancy Agroconsult said. Brazil is exporting much of a record 96 million-tonne soybean crop and, starting […] Read more

Sea surface temperature anomalies over the El Nino region of the Pacific, for the week centred May 20. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Beef Cattle, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans, Weather

El Nino seen bringing drought to Brazil’s north, heavy rains to south

By GFM Network News May 26, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil will likely experience a moderate El Nino by the end of the year, bringing steady rain to the country’s main grain-producing regions and sustained drought in the arid north, the national meteorological institute, Inmet, said. Inmet meteorologist Fabricio Daniel dos Santos Silva said six consecutive quarters of warming sea […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Meatpacker JBS closes plant, lays off 650 workers in Brazil

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 20, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — The world’s largest meatpacker JBS SA laid off 650 workers and closed a plant in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state due to the lack of cattle ready for slaughter, a state labour official and the company said on Wednesday. JBS CEO Wesley Batista said last week that the first three months […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

China lifts three-year embargo on Brazil beef imports

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 19, 2015

Brasilia | Reuters — China has ended an embargo on Brazilian beef imports, Brazil’s agriculture ministry said on Tuesday, lifting a three-year old ban and opening the door to half a billion dollars of new sales. Eight Brazilian beef processing plants and one poultry plant were approved to ship to China, the ministry said in […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

JBS CEO says Brazil close to exporting fresh beef to U.S.

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 14, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil is “closer than it had ever been” to exporting fresh beef to the U.S., the CEO of Brazilian meat packer JBS SA said Thursday, adding he expects shipments to start later this year. The Brazilian agriculture ministry expects a formal announcement on meat exports to the U.S. when President […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. seen approving Brazil fresh beef imports

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 8, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s agriculture ministry said on Friday the U.S. is likely to approve imports of Brazilian fresh beef this year, after President Dilma Rousseff visits Washington in June. Brazil, the world’s top beef exporter, is already a steady exporter of cooked beef that appears in items such as canned corned beef […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Machinery, Markets, Soybeans

Brazil farm belt roads blocked in new trucker strike

By GFM Network News April 23, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Truckers in Brazil resumed roadblocks across the country’s main farm belt early on Thursday, after failing to reach common ground in talks with the government and freight companies in recent weeks regarding pay and fuel prices. Highway police on Thursday evening estimated that protesters had blocked roads at 17 points […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue rally on constrained supply

A missed opportunity for farmers says analyst

CBOT Weekly: Trade focuses on crop tour

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue rally on constrained supply

A missed opportunity for farmers says analyst

CBOT Weekly: Trade focuses on crop tour

Tag Archives Brazil

JBS doesn’t see Brazil beef exports to U.S. before 2016

Brazil looking to open Canadian, Saudi Arabian fresh beef markets

USDA takes first step to import fresh beef from Brazil, Argentina

Brazil’s grain ports seen facing record volumes

El Nino seen bringing drought to Brazil’s north, heavy rains to south

Meatpacker JBS closes plant, lays off 650 workers in Brazil

China lifts three-year embargo on Brazil beef imports

JBS CEO says Brazil close to exporting fresh beef to U.S.

U.S. seen approving Brazil fresh beef imports

Brazil farm belt roads blocked in new trucker strike

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