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Brazil, 33 years later
Apr 01, 2003, Beef Magazine, Harlan Hughes
In early February, my wife and I accompanied a farm and ranch tour of Brazil sponsored by BEEF and The Corn And Soybean Digest (formerly Soybean Digest) magazines. My bride and I had lived in Brazil in 1970 while serving with a Ford Foundation technical assistance program to the Sao Paulo Institute of Agriculture, and were intrigued to see how Brazil had changed in 33 years. The recent tour was targeted

Brazil targets Pacific Rim | Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)
May 01, 2008, Beef Magazine, Muriel Elizabeth Hayes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Despite being locked out of 56% of the world's markets due to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), including Korea and Japan, Brazil still accounts for 32% of the world's beef exports, and has increased its beef exports fivefold since 2000. Fernando Galletti de Queiroz, CEO of Minerva SA, Brazil's third-largest beef processor, says, Unlike Australia or New Zealand, Brazil is not protected by a coastline,

Brazil Grows At Night
Aug 01, 2002, Beef Magazine, By Clint Peck Senior editor
If you ask a Brazilian farmer about his future, you'll inevitably hear the phrase Brasil cresce de noite Brazil grows at night. It's true, literally and figuratively. It means that regardless of what the government does that undermines their effort, the Brazilian people will succeed by working when everyone else sleeps. But in that context, you'll hear something else custo Brasil the extra cost of

Brazil Looks North
Jun 01, 2002, Beef Magazine, By Clint Peck Senior Editor
You'll probably never meet Marcos Minghini, Liza de Paulo or Joo Vinicis Pratini de Moraes. But, the trio represents a looming competitive threat to U.S. beef producers. Minghini is a Brazilian cattle farmer, while de Paulo is a scientist for a large Brazilian agribusiness. Pratini de Moraes is Brazil's agriculture minister and may be the most powerful, yet underrated, agripolitico in the world. Already

Touring Brazil
Apr 01, 2003, Beef Magazine, By Clint Peck Senior Editor
A 30-person tour learns Brazil must overcome some obstacles to become the global beef superpower it wants to be.

Brazil gains chicken crown
Feb 01, 2005, Beef Magazine, compiled by BEEF staff
Already the world's export leader in soybeans and beef, Brazil is expected to eclipse the U.S. as the world's largest chicken exporter in 2004. Seven years ago, Brazil exported less than a third of the U.S. level but ended 2004 with 36% of the world market share, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The main reason is booming demand in the Middle East and Asia, particularly China. Brazil's rise

Brazil moves forward as leader global agriculture markets.
Jan 26, 2009, Beef Magazine, Source: Muriel Elizabeth Hayes, Argentina
Brazil is positioned to take over most of the world's soybean trade, starting in April as this year's harvest is brought in.

Brazil to set export record
Feb 01, 2006, Beef Magazine, compiled by BEEF staff
Brazil will export a record amount of beef in 2005 despite an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the states of Mato Grosso do Sul and Parana in October. The FMD outbreak precipitated full or partial bans of Brazilian beef products by 52 countries. MeatNews.com says Brazil is expected to log a record 2.35 million metric tons of beef and beef products worth $3.1 billion by the end 2005. That

Brazil demands deal on Doha Agreement with the United States before President Bush is out of office.
Nov 11, 2008, Beef Magazine, Source: Muriel Elizabeth Hayes, Argentina
Brazil has called for a broad deal being put into place on the Doha Trade Agreement before U.S. president-elect Barack Obama takes office in January.

Brazil co-op has U.S. partner
Apr 01, 2005, Beef Magazine, compiled by BEEF staff
The difficulty of marketing cattle to meatpackers is driving Brazil's cattle breeders to build their own slaughter and processing plants. In Paran state, Corol Cooperative Agroindustrial plans to build a plant with an initial harvest capacity of 500 animals/day, investing $33.9 million (US) in a joint venture with a U.S. company. About half the capital will be foreign and the rest raised through bank

What Is Brazil's Threat?
May 01, 2004, Beef Magazine, By Clint Peck Senior Editor
Several factors will have to come together before Brazil can reach new levels of competitiveness in the global beef market.

Brazil Beef Industry Looks North to Expand | Brasil Foods | Pilgrim's Pride Corp. | JBS
Nov 01, 2009, Beef Magazine
Brasil Foods, formed by the merger of Perdigao and Sadia, is exploring expansion in the U.S. following JBS S.A.'s bid to acquire Pilgrim's Pride Corp. Brasil Foods President Jose Antonio Prado Fay says the company wants to become a familiar brand in the U.S., in addition to its main markets in Russia and the Middle East. We can enter this market either through partnerships or acquisitions, Fay told

Infrastructure Matters
Apr 01, 2004, Beef Magazine, By Clint Peck Senior Editor
Brazil's lagging transportation infrastructure is a major hurdle the South American nation faces in becoming a world-class ag competitior.

Tour Brazil with BEEF; deadline is Nov. 4
Oct 01, 2005, Beef Magazine, compiled by BEEF staff
BEEF magazine's fourth annual trip to Brazil is set for Jan. 12-25, 2006. Clint Peck, BEEF senior editor, and Greg Lamp, The Corn and Soybean Digest editor, will lead the tour exploring Brazil's tropical ag system and assess its strengths and weaknesses as a major competitor for international markets. In today's global marketplace, ranchers and farmers need to know their competitors, Peck says. As

Back to Brazil | BEEF magazine is again teaming up with the Montana State University Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Program to provide another BEEF Study tour of Brazil
Nov 01, 2008, Beef Magazine, by Joe Roybal editor
The largest country in South America, Brazil is an agricultural powerhouse. The country ranks as the world's top exporter of beef, broilers, soybeans, coffee, orange juice and sugar. And despite being locked out of more than half of the world's beef-importing counties, including South Korea and Japan (due to foot-and-mouth disease), Brazil still accounts for almost a third of the world's beef exports.

Tour Brazil With BEEF Magazine: Deadline Is Nov. 4
Sep 09, 2005, Beef Magazine, Joe Roybal
BEEF magazine's fourth annual trip to Brazil is set for Jan. 12-25, 2006.

So what about Brazil?
Mar 01, 2005, Beef Magazine, by Clint Peck senior editor
Bring up the subject of global beef trade, and inevitably the talk turns to Brazil. It seems everyone wants to know about Brazil. Is the country really the threat to U.S. cattle producers that many believe? After several trips south, it appears U.S. cattlemen have less to fear from Brazil today than most think. The reason boils down to quantity vs. quality. Brazil's advantage is its ability to produce

Worth Dying For
Mar 01, 2004, Beef Magazine
A report on Brazil's landless movement.

Tour Brazil With BEEF Magazine
Nov 21, 2003, Beef Magazine, Clint Peck
The trip centers around farming and cattle raising operations in the central-west states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul. Participants will meet with a variety of beef and soybean farmers, Brazilian government officials, meat packers and agribusiness managers. Visits to the regions of Iguaza Falls and Rio de Janeiro, as well as visits to local tourist and scenic attractions will be included.

Brazil processor sees best quarter, to date
Nov 19, 2008, Beef Magazine, Source: Northern Colorado Business Report
JBS S.A., the Brazil-based parent company of JBS Swift, reported its best consolidated quarter in company history.

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