Brazil

Walmart Sells Majority Of Brazil Unit To Private Equity Firm

Walmart Inc has sold an 80 percent stake in its Brazilian operations to private equity firm Advent International, exiting an underperforming business in it...

Brazil's Poultry Industry 'Could Take Years To Recover' From Strike

Brazil's poultry industry will need to cull 24 million chickens a day from today if suppliers cannot get food to birds because of a truckers' strike, and t...

Brazil's Top Coffee Exporter Warns About Delays Due To Protests

Brazil's top coffee exporter, Cooxupé, has warned foreign clients about possible shipping delays due to the truckers nationwide protests, according...

Brazil 2018/19 Coffee Output, Yield At 'Record Highs'

Brazil's coffee harvest will rise to a record 60.2 million 60kg bags in the 2018/19 crop year – up 18% year on year – as the world's bigge...

Brazilian Coffee State Boosts Irrigation, Adds Crops After Drought

Espírito Santo state, Brazil's leading robusta coffee producer, has improved its irrigation systems and farmers have added new crops such as black p...

Brazil To Pass US As World's Largest Soy Producer In 2018

Brazil will surpass the United States as the largest producer of soybeans this year, taking over the top ranking for the first time in history, oilseeds cr...

Faltering Chinese Soybean Demand Dents Brazil's Chances Of Trade War Bonanza

An unexpected drop in short-term Chinese purchases of Brazilian soybeans is denting exports of the oilseed from the South American nation, which just a few...

EU Bans Imports From 20 Brazilian Meat Purveyors

European Union states unanimously voted on Thursday to ban imports of Brazilian meat products, mostly poultry, dealing a blow to the South American country...