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Agência Brasil* Brasilia – The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, inaugurates today (19) an experimental biodiesel unit of Petrobras located in Guamaré, coastal city located in the northern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte. With daily production capacity of 3,000 litres of biodiesel, using vegetable oils as raw materials, the new
The Brazilian slaughterhouse Friboi started producing and exporting organic beef at the end of 2004. Last year they shipped, on average, 24 tonnes of products per month and this year they expect to surpass 50 tonnes. The main destinations were the United Arab Emirates, France, Holland and Germany.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian rice exports reached 107,200 tonnes in the first four months of the year. The increase over the period from January to April 2005 was 16%. Last year, Brazil exported 400,000 tonnes of rice, with growth of 643% over 2004. *Translated by Mark Ament
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) has established a technological centre with the objective of improving energy sources like castor seed and oil palm biodiesel. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply has already turned R$ 10 million (US$ 4.9 million at current exchange rates) to the project.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian beef exports added up to US$ 252 million in April, the same revenue of the month of April 2005. Some 167,300 tonnes of the product were shipped, which represented a drop in 13.7% in relation to the same period last year, according to information released today (10) by
Brazil earned US$ 13.2 billion with external sales of agricultural and livestock products between January and April this year. The products which contributed the most to the performance were soy, beef, leather, sugar, alcohol, cellulose and paper.
Brazilian natural rubber production should grow in 2006. Last year production totalled 100,000 tonnes. The number is well below the 300 tonnes consumed in the country every year. Brazil has 70 mills for the processing of the product.
Villa Germania exported the first container of the product to the country last month. The idea was to ship between two and three containers a month. The Arab market should answer to 30% of company exports within coming years. The company is the largest slaughterer of ducks in Latin America: around 6,000 animals a day.
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) is going to invest US$ 500,000 per year in an office in Ghana. The base will meet the demands of the whole continent, including the Arab countries in North Africa. Currently Embrapa has projects in Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt. The institution has the greatest knowledge on tropical agriculture in the world.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil should harvest 55.2 million tonnes of soy in the 2005/06 crop, according to forecasts by the National Supply Company (Conab). The initial forecast, made in April, was of 55.7 million tonnes, but it was reduced due to climate problems. The volume, however, still represents a record, since in
