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Agência Brasil Rio – The Brazilian agricultural harvest may reach 116.3 million tons in 2005. This is the fourth estimate for the national production of cereals, leguminous, and oleaginous plants (cotton seed, peanuts, rice, beans, castor beans, corn, soy, oat, rye, barley, sunflower, sorghum, wheat, and triticale, a cereal resulting from the wheat and rye

Agência Brasil The Ministry of Agriculture will initiate Sunday (1st) the National Campaign for the Eradication of Foot and Mouth Disease. The objective is to immunize 123.8 million bovines and buffaloes until May 31st, the last day of the campaign. This number represents 65% of the Brazilian breeding stock. The vaccination against FMD will reach

From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil will harvest 32.46 million bags of coffee in the 2005/2006 crop. The volume represents a reduction in 16.1% in relation to the last harvest, which resulted in 38.6 million bags. The drop should happen due to the characteristics of the crop, especially of the arabica coffee, where every

In the example of what took place last year in three European countries, Brazilian fruits will be promoted inside the supermarkets of the Carrefour chain in 2006. This year in May, a mission of entrepreneurs and technicians from the country will travel to four Arab nations to promote national fruits.

Instructors are going to provide orientation to hotel guests regarding consumption, storage and the nutritional values of each fruit. The program will take place in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (in southeastern Brazil) and Salvador and Recife (in the Northeast) between April and September this year.

Despite excessive rains and droughts suffered by productive regions in the country at the beginning of this year, the harvest volume will remain stable when compared to last year. Among the products that will have harvest increases are herbaceous cotton, with a 7.4% growth, and castor seeds, with a 6% greater harvest.

Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazil´s Superior Council of Agriculture and Livestock Raising (Rural Brasil), integrated by representatives of both the productive and cooperative sectors, estimates that US$31.6 billion (R$81.4 billion) will be necessary to finance the 2005/2006 crop. The estimate will be the basis for the Agriculture and Livestock Raising Plan for the next two