Agriculture and cattle ranching in Brazil posts highest job generation in Q1 since 2007
In the first quarter of 2021, the agriculture and cattle-raising sector generated a positive balance of 60,575 new jobs, the...
April 30, 2021Topic
agriculture
Paraguay ‘took off’ from Brazil and contained economic damage from pandemic – Paraguayan Finance Minister
Paraguay's economy shrank the least in Latin America in 2020; BBC News Brazil spoke with Paraguay's Finance Minister Oscar Llamosas...
April 27, 2021
Corn prices reach historic highs in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Well-filled leaves and large grains: signs that corn is almost ready to be harvested. On...
March 21, 2021
Government says Brazil’s agriculture feeds the world and can boost country’s image abroad
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ministers of Environment, Ricardo Salles, and Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, met with several productive sector representatives...
March 12, 2021
Argentina Could Increase Grains Export Taxes – Official
The Argentine government has not ruled out the possibility of increasing taxes on food exports as part of its effort...
February 5, 2021
Brazil´s VP Mourão Advocates New Development Model for Amazon Region
Brazil's Vice-President Hamilton Mourão yesterday, February 2nd, advocated a new development model for the Amazon. Early in the evening, Mourão...
February 4, 2021
Europeans Want Environmental Rules for Imports From Brazil and Emerging Countries
The European Union has cautioned that agricultural expansion is the greatest threat to forests and made it clear that it...
February 3, 2021
Brazil’s Agribusiness Fears Amazon Fires May Hurt Exports
Despite Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, apparently curving to global pressure and announcing stronger measures to combat fires currently burning in...
August 25, 2019
Over 1.3 Million Hectares of Forests Disappeared in Brazil in 2018
About 12 million hectares of rainforests disappeared in 2018, according to data from Global Forest Watch (GFW), the equivalent to...
April 28, 2019