Drone use for agriculture in Brazil is growing rapidly, and regulators are trying to catch up to the trends
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/drone-spraying
Drone use for agriculture in Brazil is growing rapidly, and regulators are trying to catch up to the trends
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/drone-spraying
After a seven-year suspension, Brazilian poultry will return to a pre-listing system that streamlines exports to the European Union.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/eu-brazilian-poultry-trade
After a seven-year suspension, Brazilian poultry will return to a pre-listing system that streamlines exports to the European Union.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/eu-brazilian-poultry-trade
Brazil is betting on its biofuel industry to weather the storm caused by rising fuel prices
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/biofuels-iran-war-soybeans
Brazil is betting on its biofuel industry to weather the storm caused by rising fuel prices
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/biofuels-iran-war-soybeans
Pasture restoration is among Brazil’s big bets against deforestation, making already-degraded lands productive again.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/turning-degraded-pastures-productivity
Pasture restoration is among Brazil’s big bets against deforestation, making already-degraded lands productive again.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/turning-degraded-pastures-productivity
Brazil's peanut output has seen strong growth in past years through exports. Now, farmers want to find the same success with the domestic market.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/brazilian-peanuts
Brazil's peanut output has seen strong growth in past years through exports. Now, farmers want to find the same success with the domestic market.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/brazilian-peanuts
An unprecedented in-person survey of farmers in Brazil's grain belt finds that economic dependence on China does not buy political trust.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/china-united-states-geopolitics-farmers-trust
An unprecedented in-person survey of farmers in Brazil's grain belt finds that economic dependence on China does not buy political trust.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/china-united-states-geopolitics-farmers-trust
A volatile commodities market and high interest rates have driven a sharp rise in loan defaults among Brazilian farmers.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/farm-defaults-credit-agro-brazil
A volatile commodities market and high interest rates have driven a sharp rise in loan defaults among Brazilian farmers.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/farm-defaults-credit-agro-brazil
In a market dominated by sugarcane and corn, new projects in Brazil are trying to produce ethanol from sources like wheat and soybean.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/biofuels-ethanol-corn-soybeans-sorghum
In a market dominated by sugarcane and corn, new projects in Brazil are trying to produce ethanol from sources like wheat and soybean.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/biofuels-ethanol-corn-soybeans-sorghum
Around USD 700 million of Brazilian farming exports have become exempt from tariffs in the first month of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement implementation.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/mercosur-eu-one-month-in
Around USD 700 million of Brazilian farming exports have become exempt from tariffs in the first month of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement implementation.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/mercosur-eu-one-month-in
With smoking rates going down and e-cigarettes encroaching, Brazil launches a new program for tobacco farmers seeking to leave the sector.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/tobacco-farming-up-in-smoke
With smoking rates going down and e-cigarettes encroaching, Brazil launches a new program for tobacco farmers seeking to leave the sector.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/tobacco-farming-up-in-smoke
Brazilian researchers have tested techniques for alternating between livestock, crops and timber production, in an attempt to increase productivity and lower the carbon footprint of farming
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/integrated-livestock-embrapa
Brazilian researchers have tested techniques for alternating between livestock, crops and timber production, in an attempt to increase productivity and lower the carbon footprint of farming
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/integrated-livestock-embrapa
Brazilian farmers may be using more pesticides than necessary, with consequences not only for the environment and human health — but also for their own earnings.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/pesticide-use-farm-margins-brazil-fao
Brazilian farmers may be using more pesticides than necessary, with consequences not only for the environment and human health — but also for their own earnings.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/pesticide-use-farm-margins-brazil-fao
Trump’s new tariffs could deliver a huge blow to some key segments of agriculture, the one sector in which Brazil actually has a surplus with the US.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/trade-war-trump-agro-farms
Trump’s new tariffs could deliver a huge blow to some key segments of agriculture, the one sector in which Brazil actually has a surplus with the US.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/trade-war-trump-agro-farms
Despite concern about US tariffs, Brazilian fruit exports had another record-breaking year in 2025. Now the sector sets its sights across the Atlantic.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/brazil-fruit-nuts-exports
Despite concern about US tariffs, Brazilian fruit exports had another record-breaking year in 2025. Now the sector sets its sights across the Atlantic.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/brazil-fruit-nuts-exports
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/beef-market-china-tariffs
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/beef-market-china-tariffs
Brazilian agro is poised for another record-breaking grain harvest this year, but logistical bottlenecks threaten to blunt the benefits.
Brazilian agro is poised for another record-breaking grain harvest this year, but logistical bottlenecks threaten to blunt the benefits.
Brazil’s state-run research company Embrapa was instrumental in making the country an agricultural powerhouse. But over the past decade, it has struggled to secure funding
Brazil’s state-run research company Embrapa was instrumental in making the country an agricultural powerhouse. But over the past decade, it has struggled to secure funding
The number of active agricultural technology startups in Brazil grew 25% since 2020, but remained stagnant last year as more mature firms gobbled up most of the capital
The number of active agricultural technology startups in Brazil grew 25% since 2020, but remained stagnant last year as more mature firms gobbled up most of the capital
Less than a year after enduring its worst flood on record, Brazil’s southernmost state is now grappling with a severe drought that threatens its crucial soybean harvest.
Less than a year after enduring its worst flood on record, Brazil’s southernmost state is now grappling with a severe drought that threatens its crucial soybean harvest.
Brazilian prosecutors want to ban the country's best-selling pesticide — not for the harm it does to consumers, but for the harm it does to workers.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/weed-killer-glyphosate-bayer-pesticides
Brazilian prosecutors want to ban the country's best-selling pesticide — not for the harm it does to consumers, but for the harm it does to workers.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/weed-killer-glyphosate-bayer-pesticides
China's drive for food self-sufficiency could curb its appetite for commodities — bad news for Brazil, its top supplier.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/china-food-security-plan-soybeans
China's drive for food self-sufficiency could curb its appetite for commodities — bad news for Brazil, its top supplier.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/china-food-security-plan-soybeans
Brazil is one of the world's largest beer producers, but it needs to import nearly all of the hops used in the process. Researchers want to change that.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/hop-crops-beer-production-ambev
Brazil is one of the world's largest beer producers, but it needs to import nearly all of the hops used in the process. Researchers want to change that.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/hop-crops-beer-production-ambev