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Brazil Agro
Aug 18, 2025
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3 min read
Two of Brazil’s largest meat producers, BRF and Marfrig, are close to a merger that will further consolidate the country’s protein market.
Aug 11, 2025
4 min read
The agribusiness sector has long supported far-right politics in Brazil. But now it is taking a tariff hit motivated by former President Jair Bolsonaro’s push to evade a criminal conviction.
Aug 4, 2025
In a bid to deepen its strategic ties, Brazil is striking new deals to export its agricultural know-how to African nations.
Jul 28, 2025
A wave of startups is reshaping how farmers access credit, a financial segment that public banks have long dominated with subsidized loans
Jul 21, 2025
Brazilian organic agricultural production has grown 150% since 2013, but it is still far from fulfilling the country’s potential.
Jul 14, 2025
Trump’s new tariffs could deliver a huge blow to some key segments of agriculture, the one sector in which Brazil actually has a surplus with the US.
Jul 7, 2025
While the federal government debates how to impose a cattle traceability system, the state of Mato Grosso — host of the World Meat Congress — opts for a private ‘Green Passport’
Jun 30, 2025
The Harvest Plan is Brazil’s main rural credit program, helping prop up the country’s crucial agriculture sector.
Jun 23, 2025
5 min read
Brazil is reclaiming its status as free of bird flu after containing its first confirmed case in commercial production. How did it manage to keep the disease out of its large-scale producers?
Jun 16, 2025
As producers try to expand Brazil’s niche teak wood sector, they turn to livestock farmers for partnerships to grow output without expanding land area
Jun 9, 2025
DDGs are important feed supplements for animal farming, and Brazil is looking to start selling its sizeable production to China
Jun 2, 2025
Brazilian researchers have tested techniques for alternating between livestock, crops and timber production, in an attempt to increase productivity and lower the carbon footprint of farming
May 26, 2025
Regulators are trying to ensure the enforcement of a 2020 biofuel policy, in a move that pits powerful agricultural players against Brazilian fuel distributors
May 19, 2025
Brazil’s first case of bird flu in commercial chicken farming is set to end the country’s expanding export streak — which was boosted in the first place by disease outbreaks in other regions
May 12, 2025
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The number of active agricultural technology startups in Brazil grew 25% since 2020, but remained stagnant last year as more mature firms gobbled up most of the capital
May 5, 2025
Nearly half of plant diseases affecting Brazilian crops could become more dangerous with climate change, according to a new study
