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Brazil truck strike wanes; more soy gets to ports

By GFM Network News March 3, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Only a handful of roads remained blocked in Brazil on Tuesday as truck drivers focused their grievances on Brasilia and a key highway in top soy state Mato Grosso opened after two weeks of protests. There were seven protests over rising freight costs affecting federal highways, down from 18 on […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

PotashCorp buys stake in Heringer to expand in Brazil

By GFM Network News March 2, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, the world’s largest fertilizer company by market value, agreed on Monday to pay about $69.8 million for a 9.5 per cent stake in Brazilian rival Fertilizantes Heringer SA, the latest effort by PotashCorp to grow in Latin America’s largest economy. The deal, which is expected to […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Brazil truckers continue some roadblocks after crackdown

By GFM Network News March 2, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Striking truck drivers resumed some roadblocks in Brazil on Monday, disrupting grain and meat shipments to southern ports even as the government cracked down on protesters and promised to give new benefits to the transport sector. By mid-afternoon there were 23 road blockages in three southern states, down from 99 […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Some roads reopened in Brazil; truck strike persists

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 28, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Striking truckers lifted their blockade of dozens of highways in Brazil after police began fining and arresting protesters, though strike organizers said they had no plans to end their stoppage now in its 10th day. Road blockages were reported at 61 locations in six states on Friday, down from 88 […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Brazil warns of fines for striking truckers

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 26, 2015

Brasilia | Reuters –– Brazil’s Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo said Thursday the government would impose fines of between 5,000 and 10,000 reais (C$2,167 to $4,334) per hour on striking truckers who have blocked roads in key agricultural states for nine days. The planned fines come a day after the government attempted to negotiate an […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Brazil truck strike grinds into second week, port access cleared

By GFM Network News February 25, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Truckers staged nearly 100 roadblocks across Brazil’s farm belt on Wednesday as protests stretched into their eighth day, though access to the country’s biggest port was cleared after police clashed with protesters who had briefly halted traffic there. The steadily widening blockades have sparked growing fuel and supply shortages and […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Brazilian grain trucker blockade continues, threatens harvest

By GFM Network News February 20, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Truckers protesting high diesel prices in Brazil used road blocks to restrict the flow of soy, corn and other commodities in a key grain-growing region for a third day on Friday, threatening what is expected to be a record harvest. A group of transport companies and independent truckers are blocking […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Regulator clears Brazil agribusiness’ takeover of railway

By GFM Network News February 12, 2015

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil’s antitrust regulator Cade on Wednesday approved the takeover of the country’s main railway operator America Latina Logistica SA by Cosan Logistica SA, with restrictions to protect against unfair market advantages. The lead Cade investigator on the case, Gilvandro de Araujo, said restrictions on the merger would include guarantees of third-party […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Brazil’s grain traders fear monopoly if rail merger allowed

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 9, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s grain industry association, Abiove, said on Monday the takeover of the main railway operator America Latina Logistica (ALL) by Rumo, the logistic arm of the biggest sugar and ethanol producer Cosan, could create a monopoly and hurt competition. Cade, Brazil’s antitrust agency, is due to rule Wednesday on the […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Brazil says key soy road won’t be paved until 2016

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 13, 2015

Brasilia | Reuters –– An important road for soy and corn shipments linking to ports in northern Brazil will not be paved until 2016, the country’s transport minister said on Tuesday. President Dilma Rousseff said last year that the highway, known as BR-163, would be ready by mid-2015 as the government tries to relieve crowded […] Read more

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Tag Archives Brazil

Brazil truck strike wanes; more soy gets to ports

PotashCorp buys stake in Heringer to expand in Brazil

Brazil truckers continue some roadblocks after crackdown

Some roads reopened in Brazil; truck strike persists

Brazil warns of fines for striking truckers

Brazil truck strike grinds into second week, port access cleared

Brazilian grain trucker blockade continues, threatens harvest

Regulator clears Brazil agribusiness’ takeover of railway

Brazil’s grain traders fear monopoly if rail merger allowed

Brazil says key soy road won’t be paved until 2016

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