Brazil planning to increase grain crop to 190 million tons in next decade

Friday, March 18th 2011 - 18:51 UTC

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Brazil stands on the brink of becoming an agricultural superpower and is one of the few countries in the world with the climate, technology, farming practices and the sheer quantity of land to be able to satisfy the surging global appetite for food in the coming decades. Read full article

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Forgetit87
This is a copy from an FT article published two weeks ago. Is Mercopress that slow?
Mar 18th, 2011 - 08:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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yul
Grain output in Brasilia over the past 20 years has risen 150% while planted area has grown only 25%.....wherewith ?

Potasium Chlorid importations 2,5 billions $/2010
Fertilizer consumption is 50 tons/per 1,000 hectares
(have being two times past 20 years)
but;
Argentina Fertilizer consumption is merely 10tns/1,000 hectares.
Mar 18th, 2011 - 08:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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