Roberto Samora

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Roberto Samora

By Roberto SamoraSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Cofco International, which is building its biggest export port terminal in the world in Brazil, said on Tuesday China's state-run food group is recruiting dozens in the South American farm powerhouse. The move underscores the importance of Brazil to the company amid an escalating global trade war opposing the United States and China, which tends to boost sales of agricultural products like soybeans from the South American country to the Asian nation.

2 weeks ago | kfgo.com | Roberto Samora

By Roberto SamoraSAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian coffee exporters see U.S. President Donald Trump’s global tariffs as an opportunity to send more robusta beans to the United States after international rivals were hit with even heavier charges. Trump’s tariffs levy a charge of 10% on imports from Brazil, while Vietnam and Indonesia – the world’s first and third-largest robusta producers – got hit by 46% and 32% tariffs respectively.

2 weeks ago | terra.com.br | Roberto Samora

Os prêmios nos portos brasileiros para a soja dispararam nesta quinta-feira, sinalizando maior demanda pelo produto do Brasil após o anúncio da véspera do tarifaço do presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, um situação que tende a ser registrada em outros mercados agrícolas, como o algodão e o café.

3 weeks ago | kfgo.com | Roberto Samora

By Roberto SamoraSAO PAULO (Reuters) – Soybean seed piracy in Brazil generates losses of 10 billion reais ($1.76 billion) per year in the country, according to a study by CropLife Brasil and agribusiness consultancy Celeres Consultoria released on Wednesday. The findings of the study in Brazil, the world’s largest producer and exporter of soybeans, underscore the challenges faced by seed, chemical and biotechnology companies doing business here.

3 weeks ago | japantimes.co.jp | Roberto Samora |Marcelo Teixeira

Drought hit coffee farmers in Brazil hard last year, drying up trees and driving global prices to record highs. But Rodrigo Brondani is expecting a bumper harvest. Brondani's giant plantation on the savanna of Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia looks very different to the mountainside farms and estates typical in coffee cultivation across much of Latin America. As he inspects rows of plants laden with green coffee cherries, a long irrigation arm passes overhead nearby.