Short of soy Brazil meat producers want to import from Bolivia

Friday, August 10th 2012 - 08:41 UTC

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Meat producers in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state are lobbying the government to approve soy imports from neighbouring Bolivia after drought shrank supplies in the world's second grower, a state official and analysts. Read full article

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GeoffWard2
.... get too greedy and sell your own animal feedstuffs abroad to make big profits, and your own national livestock industry is put at risk.

Squaring this circle is the role of government through the various ministries.
The solution, however, is not a centrally controlled 'command' economy. It is the use of the best algorithms and the sophisticated deployment of advice, guidance and support.
For Brasil, agriculture is a 'big boys' game', and it cannot afford these sort of 'mistakes'.
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