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A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil May 17, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Vara
Livestock, Reuters

Brazil poised to declare itself bird flu ‘free,’ state official says

By Ana Mano, Debora Ely, Reuters, Roberto Samora June 18, 2025
Brazil is ready to declare the country free of the bird flu virus on commercial flocks, Edivilson Brum, the head of Rio Grande do Sul state’s agriculture department, said on Wednesday in a statement.

A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil May 17, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Vara
Livestock, News, Reuters

Brazil chicken exports tick down in May after bird flu outbreak

By Reuters, Roberto Samora May 27, 2025
Chicken meat exports from Brazil have fallen slightly year-on-year in May, trade data from the government showed on Monday, after the country logged a case of bird flu on a commercial farm.


A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil May 17, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Vara
Livestock, News, Reuters

Brazil hopes to be officially free of bird flu in 28 days

By Ana Mano, Reuters, Roberto Samora May 22, 2025
Brazil began a 28-day bird flu observation period on Thursday which it hopes will show the country's chicken farms are free of the disease after local authorities said a farm where its first outbreak was detected had been fully disinfected.

Photo: thinkstock
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Brazil chicken exporters brace for cargo rejections amid bird flu outbreak

By Ana Mano, Reuters, Roberto Samora May 20, 2025
Countries, including China, will not accept chicken consignments in transit from Brazil following confirmation of the country's first bird flu outbreak, Brazilian meat lobby ABPA, which represents large food processors, said on Tuesday.


(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
News, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Bird flu in top chicken exporter Brazil triggers trade bans

By Ana Mano, Isabel Teles, Reuters, Roberto Samora May 16, 2025
Brazil, the world’s largest chicken exporter, confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm on Friday, triggering a country-wide trade ban from China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers.

Photo: iStock/Getty Images
News, Reuters

Brazil soy seed piracy generates $1.76 billion in losses per year, study finds

By Reuters, Roberto Samora April 2, 2025
Soybean seed piracy in Brazil generates losses of 10 billion reais ($1.76 billion or C$2.51 billion) per year in the country, according to a study by CropLife Brasil and agribusiness consultancy Celeres Consultoria released on Wednesday.


File photo of soybeans being loaded for transport in Argentina. (Wirestock/iStock/Getty Images)
Markets, News, Reuters

China absorbs massive Brazilian soy shipments in first quarter

By Ana Mano, Reuters, Roberto Samora March 28, 2025
Brazilian soybean traders are poised to ship record volumes in the first quarter, driven by strong demand from the world's largest importer, China, which is currently involved in a trade war with the U.S.

Photo: iStock/Getty Images
News, Reuters

Pace of soy harvest in Brazil’s biggest farm state is slowest in 7 years, AgRural says

By Leticia Fucuchima, Reuters, Roberto Samora January 13, 2025
Rains are disrupting the start of Brazil's 2024/25 soybean harvest in Mato Grosso, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said on Monday, adding that the pace of work in the country's biggest farm state is the slowest in seven years.


File photo of a soybean plantation in Brazil. (Mailson Pignata/iStock/Getty Images)
Markets, Reuters

Dry spell puts southern Brazil soy farmers on alert as rains pound central regions

By Reuters, Roberto Samora January 8, 2025
Dry weather is limiting soybean development in Brazil's southernmost state, putting farmers on alert there at the same time as excessive rain is set to disrupt early harvest work in central areas of the country, according to meteorologists.

A soybean plantation in Brazil. (MailsonPignata/iStock/Getty Images)
News, Reuters

Brazil farmer lobby asks to lift soybean ban from deforested Amazon rainforest

By Reuters, Roberto Samora December 11, 2024
A farmers' lobby in Brazil is seeking to end a two-decade-long agreement that forbids grain traders from buying soybeans from farms on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest, claiming the deal has created an uneven playing field.


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