Genetically modified corn seeds are no longer protecting Brazilian farmers from voracious tropical bugs, increasing costs as producers turn to pesticides, a farm group said on Monday. Producers want four major manufacturers of so-called BT corn seeds to reimburse them for the cost of spraying up to three coats of pesticides this year, said Ricardo […] Read more
Brazil farmers say GMO corn no longer resistant to pest
Shortcut through the Amazon jungle expected to boost Brazilian soy exports
It’s not fully paved and sinkholes abound, but upgrades to BR-163 has made it a ‘viable roadway’ and opened a new gateway for soybean exports
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters / A new northern front is opening in the battle for a share of Brazil’s burgeoning soy and corn exports as a highway decades in the making finally opens, offering a shortcut through the Amazon jungle to northeastern waterways. The BR-163 connects Mato Grosso state’s Soy Belt to two key river ports and will […] Read moreCattle starve in bone-dry pastures as drought batters Brazil’s northeast
Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters / Brazil’s northeast is suffering its worst drought in decades, threatening hydro power supplies in an area prone to blackouts and potentially slowing economic growth in one of the country’s emerging agricultural frontiers. Lack of rain has hurt corn and cotton crops, left cattle and goats to starve to death in dry pastures and […] Read more
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