From the Newsroom* São Paulo – China licensed 14 new poultry producing establishments from Brazil to become their suppliers. With this, the number of slaughtering plants authorised to export to that country increases to 24, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply. The new factories are located in the states of Mato Grosso
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Agência Brasil* São Paulo – Alcohol production from the current sugarcane harvest reached 2.68 billion litres on the 1st of June, a result which is 14% greater than last year, as was announced yesterday (20) by the Union of the Sugarcane Agro-industry of São Paulo (Unica). The increase in supply of alcohol fuel caused a
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The federal government will be promoting, as of this Friday (23), the II Week of Organic Foods in many Brazilian states. Up to the 30th of June there will be seminars, fairs, lectures, tasting sessions, gastronomic circuits and visits to organic farms in the states of Acre, Alagoas, Bahia,
Company Frigo Class, which already operates in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo and belongs to Briton Terry Johnson, is going to inaugurate a plant for production of stewed beef and a cattle slaughterhouse in Rio Grande do Sul. Production will be turned to export.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian poultry exports yielded US$ 216.7 million in May, which represented a drop in 22.5% in relation to the same month last year. There were 196,400 tonnes of the product shipped, a reduction in 17.8% in comparison to the same period in 2005. The information is from the Brazilian
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian agribusiness exports added up to US$ 17.1 billion in the first five months of the year, with an increase of 7% over the same period in 2005. The value is a record for the periods from January to May. Imports totalled US$ 2.5 billion, generating a surplus of
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – A research by the Federal University of Minas Gerais shows that coffee may be a source for production of biodiesel, according to information published by Brazilian newspaper O Estado de São Paulo. Biodiesel may be produced from coffee oil, made from damaged coffee grains, which are not used for
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Paraná state, the second largest producer of soy, in the south of Brazil, is going to host, between June 5 and 8, in the city of Londrina, the fourth edition of the Brazilian Soy Congress. The meeting is promoted by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and should bring
Advertising agency Young & Rubicam is preparing an advertising campaign to promote Brazilian chicken in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Russia. The initiative is of the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association (Abef), which is investing US$ 10 million in the project to launch brand Brazilian Chicken.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply informed this Friday (19) that Tunisia opened its market for Brazilian live cattle. This comes after the zoo-sanitary demands were established, suggested by the Brazilian government and accepted by Tunisia. Currently Tunisia imports only poultry (chicken and turkey) from Brazil. *Translated by
