Brasília – In the current crop, Brazil is going to harvest 146,000 tonnes of castor oil plant, representing growth of 55.8% compared with the last crop. According to the National Food Supply Company (Conab), the expansion of production was driven by greater use of castor oil in several products, including manufacturing of fluid for aircraft
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The Brazilian state is getting ready to pick 6.6 million tonnes of the grain this year. The growth, boosted by the good moment lived by maize on the global market, should be 6% over 2007.
Brazilian exports to the region totalled US$ 969 million in the first half, growth of 69%. Shipments totalled 559,000 tonnes, 21% more than in the same period in 2007.
From July 2007 to June this year, Brazilian sales totalled US$ 65.4 billion. June sales totalled US$ 6.5 billion, an increase of 30.3% over the same months last year.
The Chinese want to know how Brazil produces, transports, stores and mixes alcohol with petrol. A mission organised by the Brazilian government is in the Asian country this week.
Brasília – The Bank of Brazil is going to make available 30.8 billion Brazilian reals (US$ 19.1 billion) for the financing of rural credit in the 2008/2009 crop. The value corresponds to an increase of 25% over that made available in the previous crop, when funds totalled 24.7 billion (US$ 15.3 billion). Of the value
In the second half of 2008, the first 20 kilograms should be shipped to the United States. This initial shipment should capacitate brand Quilombola’s to enter markets like Dubai, in the Emirates.
The Saudis will participate in the International Conference on Coffee Science, to take place in Brazil, in September. At the meeting, the most recent world studies on the area will be presented.
Sudanese public and private sector representatives visited units of Embrapa in late June. They became interested in receiving training in agriculture-livestock integration systems.
Revenues from the sector in the country total US$ 376 million, a figure that goes up to US$ 1.5 billion when the accessories and related services segments are included.
According to figures supplied by the IBGE, in the first quarter of 2008, chicken slaughtering grew 12.2%, egg production 8.2%, and milk industrialisation 9.3%.
Exports of the commodity, which stood at 19.9 tonnes from January to May 2007, increased to 1,100 tonnes this year. The state of Rio Grande do Sul (S) answered to over half the sales.
Foreign sales of chicken meat from Brazil totalled US$ 2.7 billion in the first five months this year. The Middle East was the main destination.
The figure was disclosed yesterday by the National Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock. Exports by the sector totalled US$ 27.2 billion from January to May.
