Brazil

JBS Launches Electric Truck Rental Service

Protein producer JBS has launched No Carbon – a new business which will specialise in 100% electric truck rental.

Kaufland Achieves Strong Score In WWF Deforestation Scorecard

Kaufland has scored highly for its efforts to preserve forests and other ecosystems and to ensure compliance with human rights in the supply chain, in an a...

Brazil's Sugarcane Area Fell 3.5% Last Season As Soy, Corn Grow

Farmers in Brazil switched 300,000 hectares of agricultural land from sugarcane to mostly soybeans and corn in the 2021/22 season that ended in March in th...

Brazil Poised To Expand Presence In World Wheat Trade

Wheat may increasingly edge its way into Brazil's shipping lineup as farmers plant a record area in the coming months, taking advantage of high prices and...

Brazilian Supermarket Adopts Cryptocurrency For Purchases

The Shibata supermarket chain in the Brazilian state of São Paulo now accepts cryptocurrencies as a payment option for grocery purchases.

Kraft Heinz Acquires Majority Stake In Brazilian Food Company Hemmer

Kraft Heinz has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Brazil’s Companhia Hemmer Indústria e Comércio (Hemmer) – a manu...

JBS Sets Up Fertiliser Production In São Paulo

Meat producer JBS has entered the fertiliser market, with the establishment of a new production facility in Guaiçara, São Paulo, Brazil.

Brazil's JBS Beats Analysts Expectations With Q4 Earnings Of $1.31bn

JBS SA earned $1.31 billion in the final quarter of 2021, beating analysts' expectations on the back of sales to China, the destination of more than a...