Brazilian Farmers Sharing Trends, Issues and Solutions Across International Borders
The CropSpotters are a group of Brazilian farmers who have volunteered their time to keep you informed about crop progress throughout the Brazilian crop year (the first week in November to the first week in May).
The 2009/2010 Crop Year has ended in Brazil, and the CropSpotters are taking a well-deserved break. They will be back again with weekly crop progress reports beginning November 2010.
In the meantime, we're checking in with them from time to time - and reporting our findings on the Cropspotter Catchup page. We caught up with several of them this month, and found that the CropSpotters are spending August looking after the animals, boning up on corn ethanol, campaigning for federal office, preparing for a wheat harvest—and other activities.
Check it out on the Cropspotter Catch-Up page - and be sure to watch senate candidate (and Cropspotter) Naildo Lopes' YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF4vwbowTOU (Naildo is the one talking, on the left.)
In This Week's 'Ag News Roundup' Newsletter...
This Mato Grosso farmer leader says the new rules on foreigners owning land could hurt investment in Brazil... Why is he saying that?
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It wasn’t so long ago that some Brazilians, egged on by European multinational activist groups, were saying biotech might not be safe. But the technology was allowed anyway—and the big news is really no news at all.
Biotech is becoming, more and more, just like any other item in the Brazilian farmer’s tool kit. And a recent study by Céleres (www.celeres.com.br) estimates biotech uptake here.
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Guest Columnist
Guest columnist Carlo Lovatelli, of the Brazilian Agribusiness Association, ABAG, says the world will need a lot more food in the next 40 years-- and he wants Brazil to supply a big chunk of it.
He thinks the Brazilians might learn a lesson from the United States when it comes to supplying the world with more food and fiber-- and fuel. Read Carlo's Commentary.
NOTE: This commentary is available today to subscribers. It will be made available to non-subscribers later this season.
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You heard they sold ethanol at Brazilian service stations—but the Ale chain of gas stations isn’t pumping beer. Some of the stores in the 1,700-station chain may gladly sell you a pilsner, lager or even an ale… but you have to go inside for that.