Winding Down 

By Tyler Bruch

It seems like yesterday we were fighting the spring rains here in Bahia. Planting timelines and my patience were both being tested to the limit. But now,...

The Transport Advantage 

By James Thompson

For years, freight was one of the main factors keeping U.S. farmers competitive with their South American counterparts, whose fixed costs were often far...

South American Harvest Pressure Picking Up  

Source: Brock Associates

Economic Downturn Opens Doors 

By Tyler Bruch

This year has started off much like the end of 2008: wet. It's continued to rain here in western Bahia. The corn is in full tassel to milk stage, the...

Making Do With Less 

By James Thompson

In terms of planted area, Brazil's soybean crop got off relatively lightly in the credit collapse that followed October's bailout announcements. Farmers...

Brazil Soy Sales Slowly Picking Up  

By Richard Brock

Sales of Brazil's new soybean crop continue to lag well behind normal, but have accelerated since the start of the new year with the advance of early harvest under favorable weather......

Shift to More Beans 

By Tyler Bruch

Next in a series from Iowa farmer Tyler Bruch, Global Ag Investments, who farms 44,000 acres in Bahia, Brazil and 7,500 acres in Ukraine. Chuva, chuva...

Big Changes 

By Tyler Bruch

It would be quite an understatement to say that things have not changed drastically all around the world in the last two months. When Lehman Brothers...

Brazil Soy Expectations Slip 

Brazil's soybean crop is still expected to rise this year due to reduced competition for acreage from other crops, according to The Brock Report. But,...

Brazil's Ag Credit Tight 

By James Thompson

With no La Nia effect this year, October once again brought the increasingly frequent rainfall that leads up to a new planting season. But there's rain,...