Soaring prices for the world’s largest beef producer, Brazil, mean households will be buying less red meat when they gather to watch Brazil’s first game of the FIFA World Cup this Saturday.
Brazil, the world’s largest beef supplier, has its own consumers cutting back, a sign of economic stress and of political tensions building up for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Soaring prices for the world’s largest beef producer, Brazil, mean households will be buying less red meat when they gather to watch Brazil’s first game of the FIFA World Cup this Saturday.
Brazil, the world’s largest beef supplier, has its own consumers cutting back, a sign of economic stress and of political tensions building up for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Soaring prices for the world’s largest beef producer, Brazil, mean households will be buying less red meat when they gather to watch Brazil’s first game of the FIFA World Cup this Saturday.
Brazil, the world’s largest beef supplier, has its own consumers cutting back, a sign of economic stress and of political tensions building up for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Raizen SA garnered informal support from a majority of creditors for a final restructuring proposal, according to people familiar with the matter, a key step in the struggling Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer’s months-long push to clinch an out-of-court debt overhaul.
A spike in fertilizer costs driven by the Iran war is hitting farmers in agriculture powerhouse Brazil at the worst possible time, underscoring how the Middle East conflict is threatening global food supplies.
Fertilizer stored in a warehouse at a farm near Brasilia. Photographer: Andressa Anholete/Bloomberg
The world’s top soybean producer Brazil is processing record amounts of the crop, but a delay in the country’s plans to boost local demand through biofuel mandates has resulted in an excess of cheap soy oil supplies being shipped overseas.
Brazil is absent from a list of countries authorized to supply animal products to the European Union, presenting a trade risk to the world’s largest beef and chicken exporter.
Cattle graze on a ranch in Pindamonhangaba, Sao Paulo state, Brazil.
Orange juice futures surged in New York on an outlook for a weaker harvest of the fruit in Brazil, the world’s top exporter of the juice.
Workers harvest oranges at a citrus farm in Aguai, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. US President Donald Trump exempted orange juice from tariffs on Brazilian shipments, which is the top supplier of the product to the US and last year accounted for more than 70% of the country's imports.
The world’s top beef exporter Brazil is close to reaching its annual quota for shipments to its biggest buyer China, a situation that’s set to redraw trade flows at a time when global consumers are facing higher meat prices.
Cattle at a ranch in Paulinia, Sao Paulo state, Brazil.
Raw sugar futures rose to the highest in more than a month as investors trim bearish bets on expectations that mills at top supplier Brazil will focus on producing sugar-cane ethanol instead of the sweetener.
Brazil is taking action to increase the use of ethanol in gasoline in an effort to tame the impacts of rising fuel costs as the war in the Middle East drags on.
Storage containers at an ethanol processing facility in Piracicaba, Sao Paulo state, Brazil.
Brazil is taking action to increase the use of ethanol in gasoline in an effort to tame the impacts of rising fuel costs as the war in the Middle East drags on.
Storage containers at an ethanol processing facility in Piracicaba, Sao Paulo state, Brazil.
Brazil’s government will ask Congress for authorization to use extraordinary revenue linked to oil to cut taxes on fuel such as gasoline, diesel, ethanol and biodiesel.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, during a joint press conference with Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president, not pictured, at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday, March 9, 2026. Ramaphosa’s visit to Brazil will focus on enhancing diplomatic and political relations, as well as economic and commercial relations between the two countries.
Brazil’s government will ask Congress for authorization to use extraordinary revenue linked to oil to cut taxes on fuel such as gasoline, diesel, ethanol and biodiesel.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, during a joint press conference with Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president, not pictured, at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday, March 9, 2026. Ramaphosa’s visit to Brazil will focus on enhancing diplomatic and political relations, as well as economic and commercial relations between the two countries.
Robusta coffee climbed to the highest in almost two weeks in London, on concern that parts of top grower Vietnam are too dry and as exchange stockpiles continued to shrink.
An employee checks robusta coffee beans during the cooling down process at the Tran-Q Co. coffee factory in Dong Nai province, Vietnam, on Tuesday, May. 28, 2024. Prices of robusta coffee beans, the variety most often used in instant beverages, have been on a tear. Futures surged about 50% over the past year and at one point this week jumped as much as 7%, the most since 2010.
The world’s second-largest ethanol producer Brazil is considering raising the amount of ethanol in gasoline, in a move that would aid consumers facing higher fuel prices while also boosting demand for sugar-cane mills struggling with a biofuel supply glut.
Cofco International Ltd. said it is loading a bulk cargo of Argentine corn to China, in what will be the first such shipment in more than 15 years as the two countries expand agricultural trade.
Grains are loaded onto a ship along the Parana River waterway at the Molinos Agro grain processing and crushing facility in Rosario, Santa Fe province, Argentina, on Friday, May 16, 2025. China signed a letter of intent with exporters in Argentina to buy about $900 million of soybeans, corn and vegetable oil, the latest indication that the Asian nation will avoid sourcing from the US during President Donald Trump's trade war.
Shares for the world’s top meat producer JBS NV jumped the most in nearly seven months on better-than-expected US beef margins even as a massive cattle shortage pushes industry costs higher.
Chinese and Brazilian authorities came to an agreement that will likely bring relief to the trade of soybeans between both countries, after a number of cargoes failed to pass sanitary inspections, according to a document by Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry.
Combine harvesters in a soybean field during a harvest near Mambai, Goias state, Brazil.
Big oil and global crop traders rushed into Brazil’s ethanol market more than a decade ago with a spate of deals. Now, the most emblematic of those deals is unraveling amid fading enthusiasm for the business.
A Shell truck prepares to refuel at the Raízen SA distribution center in Sao Paulo.