Leticia Pakulski

3 weeks ago | fastmarkets.com | Taís Laporta |Leticia Pakulski

The National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) denied late on Thursday, March 27, a request from Brazil’s National Union of Fuel and Lubricant Distribution Companies (Sindicom) to suspend the mandatory biodiesel blend in diesel for 90 days in the country. Brazil currently has a mandatory blend of biodiesel in diesel at 14% (B14), with the Fuels of the Future law requiring increases of 1 percentage point per year to reach 20% in March 2030.

Jan 8, 2025 | agricensus.com | Leticia Pakulski

Brazil faces local and international policy changes that could reshape the availability of domestic feedstock for the country's biodiesel sector and potentially further reduce soybean oil exports, leading to significant price adjustments as early as the first half of 2025, sources told Fastmarkets this week.

Dec 11, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Eduardo Tinti |Leticia Pakulski |Marcela Caetano |Taís Laporta

The EU and Mercosur – the trade bloc that includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – announced on Friday December 6 the end of negotiations for the free-trade agreement between the blocs, but questions still linger about the potential impacts on trade flows of agricultural products.

Nov 29, 2024 | agricensus.com | Leticia Pakulski

Brazil is expected to set new records in the 2024/25 crop year, with soybean output projected at 172.2 million tonnes, exports at 103.4 million tonnes and crushing at 56 million tonnes, data from local consultancy Agroconsult showed on Thursday November 28.

Nov 29, 2024 | agricensus.com | Leticia Pakulski

Brazilian corn production is expected to reach 132.7 million tonnes in 2024/25, up by 3.5% from the previous year's crop of 128.2 million tonnes, with the second corn crop (safrinha) sowed area projected at 17.8 million hectares, an all-time high, data from local consultancy Agroconsult showed on Thursday November 28.