RIACHAO DAS NEVES, Brazil (Reuters) - In the Brazilian state of Bahia, farmer Moises Schmidt is developing the world's largest cocoa farm. His plan is to revolutionize the way the main ingredient in ...

Between 2020 and 2022, soy acreage expanded from 37.2 to 41.2 million hectares, while soy-linked deforestation rose from 6,35 ...

Poor yields and currency swings may hold Brazil’s expansion in soybean acreage to its slowest rate in more than a decade, reports Pro Farmer South American Crop Consultant Dr. Michael Cordonnier. He ...

Brazil has more trees than any country except Russia—but when our huge forests make the news, it’s usually because of “deforestation.” My nation and its Amazon region are so incomprehensibly big that ...

(Reuters) -Brazil is positioning itself to overtake Vietnam as the world's largest robusta coffee producer, driven by the crop's climate resilience and growing global demand, according to a report by ...

U.S. and Brazil farms groups exchanged accusations in comments sent to U.S. officials investigating Brazil’s trade practices, highlighting sources of friction between two agricultural powerhouses. U.S ...

Millions of eggs destroyed in Brazil Several countries including China banned chicken imports from Brazil Sample from a duck found on a non-commercial farm being tested for bird flu MONTENEGRO, Brazil ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil, one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of poultry, confirmed Friday the country’s first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm. The virus was found at a facility ...

A study has found that women exposed to pesticides during farm work in Brazil’s Paraná state have a 60% higher risk of developing breast cancer, and a 220% higher risk of metastasis. While they don’t ...

This undated electron microscopic image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows two Influenza A (H5N1) virions, a type of bird flu virus. (Cynthia Goldsmith, Jackie Katz/CDC ...