Historic Crop to Boost Grain Exports
BRAZIL - The 2007/2008 harvest in Brazil was 143.87 million tonnes, growth of 9.2% over the previous crop. The record result confirms the tendency for growth of agribusiness.

Alabama Governor and Scientists to Look at Sugarcane Use
BRAZIL - Gov. Bob Riley will cap off a weeklong trade mission in South America today and Saturday with a stop in Brazil, where he and others from Alabama will explore ways the state's...

Brazil: Annual Soybean Report 2008
BRAZIL - This is a GAIN report on Brazil's soybean update prepared by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

Brazil Retaliates Against Biofuel Critics
SAO PAULO - According to Reuters, Brazil believes that it is unjustly coming under fire for problems with European and U.S. biofuels.

Brazil Moves up Deadline for Biodiesel Mandates
BRAZIL - According to USAgNet, the Brazilian government has moved up the deadline for the mandatory addition of biofuels to diesel fuel to the year 2010.

BRAZIL: Clean Gasoline Fuels Soybean Production
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian government has decided to move up the deadlines for obligatory addition of biofuels to gasoline and diesel fuel, a measure that will boost the production...

Brazil biodiesel sputters on social, green goals
IRAQUARA, BRAZIL - Booming demand for biodiesel has become a lifeline for some poor farmers who plant oil seeds in Brazil's dry northeast but critics say the fuel is not as clean, equitable...

Brazil Expecting Largest Crop Ever Led by Soy, Corn and Rice
BRAZIL - Brazil's agricultural producers should have their largest harvest ever in the 2007/2008 grain crop, with a 3.1% increase in production compared with the previous crop. A total...