Underdeveloped infrastructure in Brazil's corn and soybean heartland keeps transportation costs high. But producers are hopeful that this could be about to change.

Farm Rio is a now a certified B Corp after its owner Grupo Soma earned a qualifying score from the B Lab nonprofit working to make business a “force for good.” With a score of 85.1 points out of 200 ...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) -Test results for a suspected bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm in the town of Anta Gorda in Rio Grande do Sul state came back negative, according to an analysis of ...

RIACHAO DAS NEVES, Brazil (Reuters) - In the Brazilian state of Bahia, farmer Moises Schmidt is developing the world's largest cocoa farm. His plan is to revolutionize the way the main ingredient in ...

Poor yields and currency swings may hold Brazil’s expansion in soybean acreage to its slowest rate in more than a decade, reports Pro Farmer South American Crop Consultant Dr. Michael Cordonnier. He ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Plans by Luis Inacio Lula da Silva to revive vast swaths of degraded pasture are key to his push to protect Brazil's Amazon without alienating ...

U.S. and Brazil farms groups exchanged accusations in comments sent to U.S. officials investigating Brazil’s trade practices, highlighting sources of friction between two agricultural powerhouses. U.S ...

SAO PAULO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Soy farming has been linked to a rise in child cancer deaths in Brazil, the world's biggest producer and exporter of the oilseed and one of the top users of pesticides for ...

Millions of eggs destroyed in Brazil Several countries including China banned chicken imports from Brazil Sample from a duck found on a non-commercial farm being tested for bird flu MONTENEGRO, Brazil ...

(Reuters) -Brazil is positioning itself to overtake Vietnam as the world's largest robusta coffee producer, driven by the crop's climate resilience and growing global demand, according to a report by ...

A study has found that women exposed to pesticides during farm work in Brazil’s Paraná state have a 60% higher risk of developing breast cancer, and a 220% higher risk of metastasis. While they don’t ...