South America Crop Protection Monthly Report 1206
Brazil should soon secure clearance to ship corn to China, which is expected to become one of the world's biggest importers of the grain, the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture said. At the end of April 2012, China has agreed to import Argentine corn. Brazil is the second corn exporter to China in South America.
As GM corn from Brazil will enter the Chinese corn market officially in the near future, the increasing demand from China will boost the planting of corn in Brazil, especially the GM corn. Actually, it was the first time for Brazil to promote GM corn varieties in its domestic area in 2011. This action brought the large success for Brazilian corn planting, greatly increasing its corn production in 2011. According to USDA, the production of corn in Brazil increases to 67.00 million tonnes in 2011 from 57.40 million tonnes in 2010. In 2011, GM corn varieties' proportion has reached 83% of total corn varieties in Brazil, nearly 50% higher than that of 2010.
As GM corn from Brazil will enter the Chinese corn market officially in the near future, the increasing demand from China will boost the planting of corn in Brazil, especially the GM corn. Actually, it was the first time for Brazil to promote GM corn varieties in its domestic area in 2011. This action brought the large success for Brazilian corn planting, greatly increasing its corn production in 2011. According to USDA, the production of corn in Brazil increases to 67.00 million tonnes in 2011 from 57.40 million tonnes in 2010. In 2011, GM corn varieties' proportion has reached 83% of total corn varieties in Brazil, nearly 50% higher than that of 2010.
Argentine sunflower to play increasingly important role in global market
Soybean planting's fast growth in Uruguay
CNA officials visit Chinese ports and hope to improve Brazil ports
Brazilian farmers win lawsuit against Monsanto to return royalties paid
ANVISA refutes complaint on slow process of agricultural chemicals registration
Federal judge in Brazil maintaining use of MSMA
Monsanto shows new technology in Agrobrasilia 2012
Dow AgroSciences to launch first five-gene trait stack technology
Syngenta and Buck Semillas sign cooperation agreement in Argentina
Arysta LifeScience increases investment in CPDA, Brazil
BASF launches Xemium™ in EXPOAGRO 2012
Asian soybean rust breaks out in Mato Grosso, Brazil
New glyphosate-resistant weed appeares in Argentina
USDA publishes new estimation of soybean and corn production in Brazil and Argentina
COMPANIES MENTIONED
Monsanto
Dow AgroSciences LLC
Syngenta
Buck Semillas
Arysta LifeScience Brazil
BASF
Soybean planting's fast growth in Uruguay
CNA officials visit Chinese ports and hope to improve Brazil ports
Brazilian farmers win lawsuit against Monsanto to return royalties paid
ANVISA refutes complaint on slow process of agricultural chemicals registration
Federal judge in Brazil maintaining use of MSMA
Monsanto shows new technology in Agrobrasilia 2012
Dow AgroSciences to launch first five-gene trait stack technology
Syngenta and Buck Semillas sign cooperation agreement in Argentina
Arysta LifeScience increases investment in CPDA, Brazil
BASF launches Xemium™ in EXPOAGRO 2012
Asian soybean rust breaks out in Mato Grosso, Brazil
New glyphosate-resistant weed appeares in Argentina
USDA publishes new estimation of soybean and corn production in Brazil and Argentina
COMPANIES MENTIONED
Monsanto
Dow AgroSciences LLC
Syngenta
Buck Semillas
Arysta LifeScience Brazil
BASF
