The crop in 2010/2011 should drop 0.1% as against the previous one, according to the Conab. The forecast is for cultivation to take place on 48 million hectares, growth of 1.3% over the previous crop.
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Company Casa Glória, from Florianópolis, aims to export tropical fruit produced in the state of Bahia. Annual production of 20,000 tonnes includes soursop, cupuassu, cajá, assai and passion fruit.
An ethanol, sugar and energy mill thought up by engineering company Procknor, from São Paulo, should have capacity to grind 1.3 million tonnes of sugarcane a year.
Paraná state hopes to end 2010 with growth of 26.32% in production of sugar. And Arabs buy over 15% of foreign sales of the product, with special attention to Algeria and the Emirates.
A contest held among growers in the state of Minas Gerais awarded coffee from the Kaquend farm. At an auction during the award ceremony, the bag was sold for US$ 4,707.
Brazil exported 5,900 tonnes of apples to the Arab countries from January to October this year, with growth of 20% over 2009. Total sales of apples should drop this year.
Representatives of Cairo Poultry Company visited the Ubabef headquarters, in São Paulo, where they showed interest in the poultry sector of Brazil to expand production and export.
Agribusiness exports represented US$ 75 billion in the Brazilian trade balance this year, according to the Agribusiness International Relations director at the ministry, Célio Porto.
Even with the possibilities of a slowdown in Brazilian production of soy and maize, exporters should maintain the supply to the Arab market. Foreign sales of maize should drop by half.
Farmers in Africa may buy machinery from Brazil, with technical assistance, financed by the Bank of Brazil. Loans may be granted to farmers throughout the African continent.
The emirate’s government wants to trade agricultural products in order to guarantee the local market’s supply. Concern with food security is recurrent among the Arab countries.
The meat packing company will maintain its exports to the Middle East from Brazil. The company sells raw poultry. Units recently purchased in the region will operate with industrialized products.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have stood out as Brazilian agribusiness export targets in October, according to information disclosed by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Sugar is at its highest price in 30 years and soy has returned to the price it was at in 2008. These changes in value have resulted in money in the Brazilian interior and should boost production.
