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15 February 2012 | Issue no: 74
LEAD ARTICLE
AGRIBUSINESS NEWS: PRODUCTION
- Brazil once again leads in GMO expansion
- Orange harvest rises 19.5% in São Paulo
- US grain acreage should increase in 2012/13
- National production of grains should decline 3.5% - Conab
- Corn production should increase in 2012 — Conab
- USDA foresees drop in global corn production
- USDA reduces projections for global soybean production
- Brazilian grain crop should decrease 0.7% in 2012 – IBGE
- Forestry Code to be voted on March 6 by Chamber of Deputies
- Soybean production may fall more than 10 million tons
- La Niña seems to have reached its peak, according to UN agency
- Progress in conduct code for foreign investments in farmland
- Forest code “already needs some specific reforms”
- Cotton: acreage in Bahia rises 4% over 2010/11
- Brazil may produce 400 million tons of food by 2050
AGRIBUSINESS NEWS: INDUSTRY
- Net profit from Syngenta rose 15% in 2011
- SLC wants to triple in size by 2020
- Bunge announces revenues of US$ 58.7 billion in 2011
- Mergers must be approved if not judged in 330 days by Cade
- ALL cash generation up 14% in 4th quarter
- Global economy may affect Bunge agribusiness operations
- Suzano loses 50,000 tons of pulp due to factory downtime
- ALL plans to invest R$ 800 million in 2012
- Olam profit drops 12% due to weak demand for cotton and wood
- Brazil Foods strikes joint venture with China's Dah Chon Hong
- BRF / DCH deal will reach US$ 450 million in the first year
AGRIBUSINESS NEWS: MARKET
- New US Farm Bill may increase subsidies to farmers, Brazil warns
- Agricultural prices rise for farmers and fall at wholesale level in SP
- FAO - world to face a decade of high food prices
- Brazil’s exports to Iran fall by 65% at beginning of the year
- Brazil, China and the US lead the race of 2nd generation biofuels
- FAO revises demand for food up to 2050
- Global food prices in January rose the most in the last 11 months-FAO
- Soybean exports should fall – USDA
- Agribusiness: exports to China rise 50% in January
- Exports down 5.3% in January
- Brazil Commodities Index gains 0.57% in January
- Ministry of Agriculture to invest R$ 150 million for wheat auctions
- Coffee export revenues fall 5.9% in January
- President of Conab resigns
- Rural credit: maintained at 28% the eligibility of obligatory funds
- Requests for assistance from Proagro should double
- São Paulo agribusiness exports total US$ 1.20 billion
- China “exchanges” infrastructure for grains in South America
- China invests in Brazilian soybeans – Rabobank
- Brazilian farmers illegally in Paraguay may lose their lands
- Wheat prices expected to rise owing to drop in Europe
- Even with barriers in the US, orange juice sales rise
- BB: Balance of the agribusiness loan amounted to R$ 89.4 billion
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