Reinhold Stephanes

Brazil to limit cane planting in food producing areas

Source: Reuters SAO PAULO, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Brazil's government plans to restrict the planting of sugar cane in areas used to produce food and prohibit it in the Amazon forest, Agriculture Minister Reinhold ...

Brazil Ethanol Will Soup Up Formula Indy

Starting this coming 2009 season Formula Indy cars are going to run on Brazilian ethanol. This information was disclosed on Friday, November 14, by the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex), which is...

Brazilian President to Unveil Roadmap for Brazil's Agriculture

One of the aims of the International Conference on Biofuels: Biofuels as a Vector for Sustainable Development, to be held in the city of São Paulo, from November 17 to 21 is to contribute to the international debate concerning...

Brazil Makes a Push to Become Wheat Self-Sufficient

Main ingredient of pãozinho (crusty French bun), present on the tables of most Brazilian households, wheat is one of the products for which Brazil depends on imports the most. This scenario, however, may start to change...

Brazil to open 1 bln real agriculture credit line

BRASILIA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Brazil will open a 1 billion real ($470 mln) credit line to help finance the sale of Brazilian crops, the Minister of Agriculture Reinhold Stephanes said on Wednesday. The move is the latest in a...

Brazil Makes the Case That It Can Expand Ethanol and Keep Its Forests

The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is going to present on November 17, in São Paulo, in the Brazilian southeast, an agricultural zoning plan that is currently being prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture,...

Brazil to Dominate Global Trade of Beef, Chicken, Sugar and Soy

Brazil should dominate a large share of foreign trade of agricultural products over the next 10 years. According to the study "Brazilian Agribusiness Forecasts 2008/2009 and 2018/2019", disclosed yesterday by the Ministry of...