Should Brazil Give You Heartburn?

9/22/2003

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Should Brazil Give You Heartburn?

Brazil by comparison

Ag is a bigger part of Brazil’s economy

No weather risk: it’s warm

No weather risk: it rains

Greater diversity of crops

Soybean acreage increasing

Soybean production growing 5x ours

Soybean yields now higher than ours

Soybean exports growing 15x ours

Doubled share of crop they export

Lower soybean production costs

Offset by higher shipping costs

Brazilian entrepreneurs are pioneering new export shipping routes

The Amazon makes the Mississippi look like a creek

Pork production increasing

Pork exports growing

Exporting bigger share of production

Room to increase domestic consumption

Poultry production is increasing too

Poultry exports growing

Exporting bigger share of production

Beef production is growing

Beef exports have tripled

Share of production exported tripled

Gaining market share in world meat trade

Author: Joel Severinghaus

Email: jseveringhaus@ifbf.org