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WebEl Niño Puts Nearly a Quarter of Peru's Economy at Risk
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (804+ words) —The warning. Lima’s Chamber of Commerce says the regions most exposed to a strong El Niño hold nearly a quarter of Peru’s economy. —The regions. Seven northern and coastal departments carry the highest risk, led by Piura and La Libertad....
A Chilean-Backed Importer Wants a Tenth of the US Grape Market
16+ hour, 38+ min ago (738+ words) —The goal. A US-based importer wants to win a tenth of the US table grape market. —The owners. The firm, Summit Produce, is backed by Chile’s Gesex and the Cueto family. —The sales. It billed $105m last year and expects about…...
Colombia's Incoming Farm Minister Bets on Land Titles and Credit
16+ hour, 39+ min ago (730+ words) —The pick. President-elect De la Espriella named Indalecio Dangond as agriculture minister. —Who he is. A rural-finance specialist with about four decades in the farm sector. —The plan. His priorities are banking farmers, titling land and building irrigation. —The scale....
OECD Sees Brazil and Latin America Leading World Food Exports
17+ hour, 13+ min ago (742+ words) —The report. A new OECD-FAO outlook covers world farming to 2035. —The finding. Latin America is set to remain the world’s largest net food-exporting region. —The growth. Global farm output is projected to rise 13 percent over ten years. —The sugar. Brazil’s…...
Biofuel Lobby Presses Lula to Put More Soy in Brazil's Diesel
17+ hour, 15+ min ago (740+ words) —The push. Brazil’s biofuel sector wants faster tests for a higher diesel blend. —The target. The industry wants trials for blends of 20 percent and up to 25 percent. —The now. The mandatory blend is set to rise toward 16 or 17 percent this…...
Mexico Wins Back the US Sugar Market as Quota Jumps 512%
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (797+ words) —The jump. American demand for Mexican sugar is set to reach up to 1.15 million tons in the 2026-27 cycle, a 512 percent rise on the prior estimate. —The source. The figure comes from the US Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply-and-demand report, published…...
Belize Plans Its First Industrial Strategy Around Sea and Soil
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (757+ words) —The plan. Belize is drafting its first-ever national industrial strategy, built around green and blue industries. —The partner. It is being developed with the UN’s industrial development agency, UNIDO. —The sectors. Six value chains are prioritised, from cacao and coconut…...
JBS Loses $230m on American Beef and Makes Money in Brazil
3+ day, 56+ min ago (950+ words) —The split. JBS Beef North America posted negative EBITDA of about $230m in the first quarter, while JBS Brazil’s beef unit made roughly $168m. —The margins. Minus 3.2% in North America against plus 4.4% in Brazil, on the company’s IFRS numbers. —The direction. North…...
Brazil's Beef Tariff to China Just Hit 67%, and Plants Are Idling
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (921+ words) —The trigger. Brazil has effectively used up its tariff-free beef quota to China, its largest buyer, months into the year. —The rate. Beyond the quota the duty is roughly 67%, a 55% safeguard surcharge stacked on the standard in-quota tariff of about…...
Brazil's Factories Slipped in Nine of Fifteen Regions
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (939+ words) —The count. Output fell in nine of the fifteen places the statistics agency tracks, and rose in six. —The worst. Bahia fell 8.9%, followed by Mato Grosso and the Northeast region, both down 3.2%. —The best. Ceará rose 3.2%, ahead of Pernambuco at…...