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 through the first week in May).

Each week, the Cropspotters provide reports and commentary about crop progress on their farms and in their part of the country. By reading the CropSpotters weekly crop progress reports, you'll learn about the challenges they face, the issues they overcome, and what they’re doing to maximize profit.

Ag News Roundup from Brazil

Specialists at the Mato Grosso Agricultural Economics Institute (IMEA) say that state’s soybean production will be nearly 50 percent greater in ten years’ time.

The IMEA study, released last week, indicated production would go from the current 18 million metric tons to nearly 28 million metric tons in 2020…

Get the rest of the story in this week's Brazil Ag News Roundup - a weekly newsletter - FREE to CropSpotters.com subscribers. Get more content - and context - by reading this week's issue.

This Weeks Guest Columnist

Photo courtesy of EBC, Empresa Brasileira de Comunicacao

This week’s  Brazil Ag News Roundup  (see above)  points out that Brasil EcoDiesel - a major Brazilian biodiesel manufacturer—lost the right to use the Social Seal, which gives Seal-holders special tax breaks and preferential treatment when it comes to selling biodiesel to the government at auction.

For the week's guest commentary, we looked back at President Lula’s talk about biodiesel last year, ahead of the increase in the mandatory blend to five percent…

This commentary is available today to subscribers. It will be made available to non-subscribers later this season.
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Question of the Week

Every week, we ask the CropSpotters a question - which they answer in their weekly crop progress reports. Some weeks the question is directly related to our guest's commentary - and other week's it's something we think you will enjoy or find interesting.

This Week's Question of the Week: "What's the biggest threat to agriculture right now?"

Read this week's farm reports to find out how (and if) the CropSpotters answered this question, and to keep up with crop progress.