Brazil
In Brazil’s driest regions, sorghum silage offers a lower-cost, drought-tolerant alternative.
Brazil has officially surpassed the U.S. as the world’s top beef producer. With U.S. production down 3.9%, analysts point to Brazil’s feed capacity and rising imports as key drivers of this historic market shift.
The change reverses part of a July trade action that had imposed elevated import duties on multiple categories of Brazilian goods and is the latest effort by the Trump administration to bring grocery prices down.
Arlan Suderman says the U.S. is strengthening ties with Argentina to counter China’s growing influence — a global strategy that’s leaving many U.S. farmers and ranchers feeling sidelined.
Agriculture is an export dependent business. At peak uncertainty, the industry could go either way: Gain ground with new trade deals or take a big hit as exports further decline.
The majority of respondents in the March Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor agree the U.S. is currently in a trade war, but who wins? Ag economists say it’s not the U.S., Canada or Mexico but rather Brazil that could come out on top.
Uncertainty remains whether falling output in Mexico benefit the U.S. dairy industry.
Friday’s Milk Production report, which showed there was more milk in August than expected, had a bearish effect on spot blocks and butter.
Weakening demand for dairy in Brazil shuts door on Uruguayan exporters.
Brazil’s beef exports to China will be halted starting Thursday after a case of mad cow disease was confirmed in the northern state of Para, the country’s agriculture and livestock ministry said on Wednesday.
Get your day started with a brief rundown of key news.
Get your day started with a brief rundown of key news.
Get your day started with a brief rundown of key news.
Get your day started with a brief rundown of key news.