Latest News From Brazil

Brazil is seeing a sudden shift in weather with heavy rains now forecasted over the next two weeks. While it will bring relief to drought areas, it could cause harvest delays and issues planting the safrinha corn crop. 

JBS announced construction is underway in Brazil on a cultivated protein research and development center.

One of the best ways to prepare for an emergency is to put yourself in a simulation exercise to test response plans and ultimately evaluate how it goes. Here's a look at a recent ASF outbreak simulation in Brazil.

Brazilian pork exporters are grappling with a drop in volumes shipped to their main buyer, China, which has increased its pork meat production after an outbreak of African swine fever in 2018.

Brazil's largest producer of animal protein and largest exporter of poultry, BRF, was authorized by Vietnam to export pork from a Mato Grosso plant. It plans to double its shipments to the Asian country.

China has suspended imports from a Brazilian pork plant operated by privately owned Aurora Alimentos over coronavirus concerns, according to a statement from a meat trade group.

More Brazilian fresh beef, pork and poultry is headed to China, thanks to a new partnership announced between JBS S.A. and  China's WH Group, a publicly traded Chinese meat and food processing company.

Marfrig Global Foods announced this week it has joined with Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) to produce vegetable protein products in Brazil.

Expected to offer evidence of wrongdoings unveiled by Batistas.

Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, is buying Brazilian corn as U.S. plantings fall behind due to wet weather.

Brazil has suspended beef exports to China as a result of the discovery of a BSE-infected cow.

A memorandum of understanding signed to ‘deepen discussions’ about combining businesses would bring scale and savings in global meat business.

JBS SA, joins Tyson and Cargill with investments in the growing alternative protein category.

The U.S. pork industry is getting closer to trade opportunities with Brazil.

Brazilian-owned meat packer JBS S.A. will sell about 1.8 million pounds of pork products through President Trump’s bailout program .

Shares jump as Gilberto Tomazoni succeeds Batista as CEO, while Guilherme Cavalcanti appointed chief financial officer.

Brazilian meat packer JBS SA has signed a trade pact with Alibaba’s Win-Chain that will send approximately $1.5 billion in beef, pork and poultry to China.

Joesley Batista, one of the controlling owners of JBS SA, was arrested again as part of an ongoing investigation into Brazilian corruption.

An outbreak of classical swine fever (hog cholera) has been reported in a remote region of Brazil on Oct. 6. The Brazil agricultural ministry says the discovery will have no impact on hog health or pork exports.

An outbreak of classical swine fever (hog cholera) has been reported in a remote region of Brazil on Oct. 6. The Brazil agricultural ministry says the discovery will have no impact on hog health or pork exports.

Soybean prices in the U.S. and Brazil, the nations that account for roughly 80 percent of global exports, have taken drastically different paths thanks to Donald Trump’s trade war.

Naomi Blohm of Stewart-Peterson discusses soybeans on AgDay with Tyne Morgan.

Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacking company, said on Tuesday that rising prices for grain, the key raw material for feed, don’t show any hint of cooling off, forcing it to cut other costs.

China will dispatch teams to inspect 84 meatpacking plants in Brazil to evaluate them for exports to China, Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

Shareholders of Brazilian meat processor JBS SA approved the company’s 2017 financial statements along with dividend payments at a meeting on Monday, according to a securities filing.

Brazil’s Marfrig Global Foods would become the world’s second-largest beef processor after acquiring the U.S. company National Beef Packing Co. 

JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacking firm, remains intent on a stock market listing of subsidiary JBS Foods International BV in the United States despite corruption and food safety scandals, executives said,

The U.S. will shield a list of allies including Europe, Australia, South Korea, Argentina and Brazil from steel and aluminum tariffs that take effect on Friday, according to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.

Russia's ban on Brazilian meat imports is affecting the meat trade in Russia, but also other countries.

A Brazilian federal court on Friday granted the release from jail of Joesley Batista, former chairman of the world’s biggest meatpacker, JBS SA, according to court documents.

Clinton Griffiths talks soybeans with Bryan Doherty

Wesley Batista, former head of Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS SA, was released from jail early Wednesday morning after a court victory yesterday.

On Thursday, the USDA released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, showing corn is seeing increased exports and reduced stocks.

Russia banned pork from Brazil at a time that imports from the Latin American country, the biggest foreign supplier of the meat, have been rising