The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says, however, that the cost in October is higher than that recorded in the same period last year.
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Agriculture Ministers of the bloc promoted a meeting this week, in China. The program establishes measures to be adopted from 2012 to 2016. The objective is to strengthen global production.
Foreign sales of the grain should total 1.2 million tonnes in this crop due to the lower production and higher global offer. In the last crop, 2.5 million tonnes were exported.
The Brazilian cattle herd increased by 2.1% last year as against 2009 and reached 209.5 million heads, according to a survey by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
The cooperative based in Cruz Alta, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, has shipped 1,000 tonnes of the product to the Arab country and is seeking new markets in the region.
Crops are expanding in the interior of São Paulo state, according to a state government study. Production should generate US$ 251 million in the region this year, 94% growth.
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation offers international cashew production and processing course starting November 14. There are openings for technicians from Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Up until October 1, 412 million tonnes were processed in the Mid-South, the main sugarcane farming region in Brazil. Sugar production declined by 4.2% and ethanol production decreased by 16.4%.
Three United Nations hunger relief agencies forecast that food insecurity will increase and claim that higher consumption of biofuels pushes food prices up.
Revenues with exports to the Arab countries totalled US$ 167 million from January to September. In total, Brazil shipped over US$ 6 billion in the period.
In September, the state of Minas Gerais posted revenues US$ 975.7 million from agribusiness exports, a 2.64% increase over August.
The value of agricultural and forestry production in the state of São Paulo totalled US$ 33.6 billion in 2011, with expansion of 17% over last year. Cane leads the ranking.
The price of commodities, which dropped in September, should return to prior levels. Sugar had one of the highest drops and is among the products most sold by Brazil to the Arabs.
Vale Fertilizers signed a protocol of intention to invest US$ 2 billion in the state of Minas Gerais. Plans include phosphate exploration, expansion of the phosphoric acid plant, among others.
