The revamping of Danone’s Brazilian portfolio over the past 18 months, sent the company’s country revenue up by 10% in the first half of the year, with the growing tendency set to continue into the second half.

Wholesale prices for chicken have risen sharply in Brazil over the past few days as consumer demand improves ahead of the end-of-year holiday season.

China has authorized another 13 Brazilian meatpacking plants to supply it with pork, beef and poultry, Brazil’s Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina confirmed today (November 12).

The first estimates of Brazil’s 2020 soybean crop from Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove) forecast a larger crop than 2019, but less than 2018.

Corn prices in Brazil did not follow the US market last week as stocks fell and strong domestic demand kept prices stable to slightly higher.

Eight more Brazilian meatpackers have been given the green light to supply beef to Saudi Arabia – already a major buyer of meat from the South American country.