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04/07/2022
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By Mary Villareal
KILLER BILL: Brazil’s “Poison Package” Pesticides Act now on its way to Senate, vastly increasing the spraying of toxic pesticides on foods
Brazil’s House of Representatives recently passed the draft law “Pacoto de Veneno” or “Poison Package” Pesticides Act, which would make the use of pesticides more flexible, despite being in violation of the rights to food and a healthy environment as enshrined in Brazil’s Constitution. The bill would allow the release of carcinogenic pesticides, giving greater […]
03/19/2022
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By Ethan Huff
Now Brazil is facing potential crop failures due to Russia’s freeze on fertilizer exports
Russia’s recent decision to halt fertilizer exports could have a devastating impact on Brazil, an agriculture powerhouse that imports more than 85 percent of its fertilizer demand. According to Bloomberg, Russia is Brazil’s top supplier of fertilizer. And Belarus, one of Russia’s allies, provides 28 percent of Brazil’s fertilizer imports. Before the invasion of Ukraine, […]
03/16/2022
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By Ethan Huff
Brazil plans to reduce dependence on Russian fertilizer by 2050, but what are people supposed to eat for the next 30 years?
The world is currently in an engineered panic over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And some governments are responding with outlandish new policies that threaten to starve out their citizens. One of these countries is Brazil, which is phasing out the import of Russian fertilizer as a show of solidarity with the government of Ukraine. […]
02/10/2022
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By Kevin Hughes
Cooking oil’s price surge signals worsening global food inflation
Surging cooking oil prices is raising concerns that global food costs are heading for record highs as drought hampers production in South America, labor shortage hinders output in Malaysia and Indonesia bars exports to safeguard domestic supplies. Palm oil, the world’s most consumed cooking oil, soared to another intraday record in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, […]
10/28/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
Farmers all over the world are worried the supply chain crisis will affect next year’s harvest
Farmers all over the world are concerned that the ongoing supply chain crisis will have a disastrous effect on their 2022 crop outputs. Input prices – or all the costs that go into a harvest – are already making it difficult for farmers in the United States to operate normally. According to financial services company StoneX Group, […]
10/27/2021
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By Cassie B.
Severe drought in South America wreaking havoc on shipping, energy, fishing and drinking water supplies
The effects of the severe ongoing drought in South America can be felt throughout the continent, with the second-longest river there, the Parana River, hitting a 77-year low that is compromising commercial shipping, fishing and the drinking water supply of 30 million people. Paraguay is being especially hard hit. The landlocked nation of seven million […]
09/23/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Brazil coffee crops shrinking due to droughts and frosts, leading to shortages
During a normal year, Brazilian coffee farmers should be filling warehouses with the world’s biggest harvest of coffee beans by September. This year, however, the crop is so small, the long lines of trucks that used to queue for cargo have disappeared. Brazil is found to have harvested nearly 40 percent less arabica coffee compared to […]
08/01/2021
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By Cassie B.
MORE CROP FAILURES: Brazil’s corn crops compromised by frost in second bout of unusually cold temperatures this year
Brazil’s corn market can’t seem to catch a break as yet another cold wave has swept the country’s center-south area, subjecting the crops to more unexpected frost and prompting serious doubts about export volumes. Last Monday, corn crops in the states of Mato Grosso do Sul and Parana were hit by frost in a cold […]
02/07/2020
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By Cassie B.
America continues to use 100 herbicides and pesticides that are BANNED in other countries
You’ve heard about the dangers of certain pesticides, but perhaps you figure that if farmers are still allowed to use them, they can’t be that bad, right? If you live in the U.S. and you put your trust in regulators, you could be in for a rude awakening as a sobering new study shows that […]
06/18/2018
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By Michelle Simmons
Unique savanna in Brazil is being converted into cropland, losing biodiversity and endangering river basins that provide hydroelectric power
The Cerrado, a unique savanna in Brazil, is at risk of losing biodiversity because it’s being converted into cropland, as well as due to overall inefficient management, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology. It’s also the only savanna in the world with perennial rivers that provide hydroelectric power, which means […]
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