Brasilia/Sao Paulo | Reuters — Vale SA’s US$2.5 billion sale of its fertilizer business to Mosaic Co., the latest step in the Brazilian iron ore miner’s strategy to reduce debt, […] Read more
Vale sells fertilizer unit to Mosaic
Brazil farm belt roads blocked in new trucker strike
Sao Paulo | Reuters — Truckers in Brazil resumed roadblocks across the country’s main farm belt early on Thursday, after failing to reach common ground in talks with the government […] Read more
Brazil soy exports likely to slow after fire near Santos port
Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s soy exports will likely slow because a six-day fire at a nearby fuel-storage facility has restricted access to Brazil’s largest port, Santos, a port […] Read more
Brazil truck strike wanes; more soy gets to ports
Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Only a handful of roads remained blocked in Brazil on Tuesday as truck drivers focused their grievances on Brasilia and a key highway in top […] Read more
Brazilian grain trucker blockade continues, threatens harvest
Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Truckers protesting high diesel prices in Brazil used road blocks to restrict the flow of soy, corn and other commodities in a key grain-growing region […] Read more
Caution reigns as Brazil soy farmers eye another record crop
Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazilian soy farmers are about to start sowing what could be a third consecutive record crop, but caution is their motto as near-term weather forecasts […] Read more
Bunge chief expects soy crushing margins in China to improve
Barcarena, Brazil | Reuters — Poor soy crushing margins in China that have led the country to default on soy purchases are short term and should improve in two to […] Read more
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