Articles Tagged with ''Brazil''

Brazil is preparing to challenge the U.S. again at the World Trade Organization over cotton subsidies, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said in an interview.

Brazil, known and often reviled in the U.S. ag sector for its successful World Trade Organization challenge to U.S. cotton support programs, is now suspected breaking WTO rules by subsidizing its rice exports.

Brazil, the world juggernaut of agricultural production over the past 20 years, has the land, weather, labor and potential to increase soybean, corn and meat production even more dramatically over the next two decades, according to Brazilian and U.S. analysts.

The U.S. ethanol industry is fighting to maintain its record-setting growth despite the oil industry’s continuing attacks and the surge in global protectionism that threatens American exports of the corn-based biofuel.

Brazil’s soybean exports to China are expected to continue to grow this year with no sign of slowing.

A lot of the action going down now at the 11th World Trade Organization Ministerial in Argentina is likely happening on the sidelines as the U.S. and Brazil hash out new and old disputes over ethanol and wheat that continue to frustrate the American ag sector.

A recently released USDA audit of Brazil's ability to produce safe beef calls into question the country's "equivalency" status that allows it access to the U.S. market, according to government, industry and food safety advocates. At a minimum the audit shows that Brazil still has some serious regulatory hurdles to clear before the country can resume shipping its renowned grass-fed beef cuts to the U.S.