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Origin Enterprises completes acquisition in Brazil

August 14, 2018

Agri services group Origin Enterprises has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Brazilian firm Fortgreen Commercial Agricola…

Origin announces Brazilian stakeholding acquisition

June 19, 2018

Agri-Business

Origin Enterprises has announced that it has reached agreement to acquire a 65% interest in the Brazil-based Fortgreen Commercial Agricola Ltd. As part…

Mercosur negotiators must be told ‘the hard truth’ following delisting

April 23, 2018

Beef

Following the news that a Mercosur delegation has arrived in Europe and is due to meet with EU officials this week, the trade…

Commission ‘should halt reckless Mercosur deal’ in light of Brazilian delisting

April 20, 2018

Beef

The news yesterday that the European Union is delisting 20 Brazilian meat and poultry plants from its authorised EU suppliers has provoked strong…

European Commission delists 20 Brazilian meat plants

April 19, 2018

Agri Politics

Member states have voted in favour of removing 20 Brazilian meat and poultry plants from the European Union’s list of authorised EU suppliers.…

EU-destined exports from 10 Brazilian poultry plants suspended

March 21, 2018

Pig/Poultry

Brazilian authorities have reportedly moved to suspend exports from poultry processor BRF SA to the European Union earlier this month, according to Reuters.…

‘Ban on fresh Brazilian beef exports to the US could soon be lifted’

September 28, 2017

Beef

Brazil’s agriculture ministry is of the opinion that the ban on fresh Brazilian beef exports to the US could be lifted in October,…

Owners of one of the world’s leading meat processors arrested in Brazil

September 13, 2017

It is reported that the Batista brothers, Wesley and Joesley, who control JBS SA have been detained by police in Brazil following allegations…

Brazilian meat plant inspectors protest amidst meeting over US beef ban

July 18, 2017

Federal food inspectors in Brazil began a 24-hour protest yesterday, July 17, just as officials from Brazil and the US met to discuss the current…

Time to stop ‘pussy-footing’ around Brazilian beef imports

June 29, 2017

Beef

There is a “stark contrast” between last week’s US ban on imported Brazilian Beef and the “pussy-footing” that has characterised the EU’s response…

US ban on Brazilian beef throws doubts over Mercosur deal

June 23, 2017

Beef

The decision by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ban fresh Brazilian beef must throw doubts over any type of Mercosur…

Update: 5 Brazilian plants de-listed by US, JBS clarifies

June 22, 2017

Beef

Brazilian meat processing company, JBS SA, has been in contact with AgriLand to clarify that only one of the Brazilian meat plants de-listed…

Video: Watch this self-steering Volvo ‘sugar cane’ truck

June 14, 2017

Machinery

Volvo has built self-steering trucks that are providing a boost in productivity to sugar cane farms in Brazil. The trucks are used to…

Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay gain from Brazilian export loss

June 12, 2017

Brazilian beef exports were reportedly down 8% – almost 24,000t – to 264,000t in the first quarter of 2017, according to a report from the Agriculture…

A student’s view: Scanning 500 Nelore cows – all in a day’s work in Brazil

June 10, 2017

Beef

By Catherine Hurley, Agricultural Science student at University College Dublin I arrived in Londrina, Brazil, on May 5 for six weeks of beef…

Major processor could be fined over $3 billion for its role in Brazilian meat scandal

May 30, 2017

The controlling shareholder in a major Brazilian meat processing company, JBS SA, could be fined over $3 billion for its role in massive corruption…

Brazilian meat exports could drop by $1.5 billion in 2017

April 19, 2017

Agri Politics

Brazilian meat exports could drop by $1.5 billion in 2017, the Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, Blairo Maggi, recently revealed. Maggi…

Consumers trust in the EU ‘shattered’ by Brazilian meat scandal

April 5, 2017

Trust in the ability of the EU to protect the interests of its consumers has been ‘shattered’ by the recent Brazilian meat scandal,…

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