http://landyield.com Magazine about Agriculture in Brazil Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:56:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Among a torrent of negative news regarding the subprime crisis, there is also good news: GE is studying to build a plant in Brazil to produce equipment to the sugar and ethanol sectors. http://landyield.com/ge-studies-investment-focusing-the-sugar-and-ethanol-sectors-2/ Portuguese story available here. The Agribusiness Technology São Paulo Agency (Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, APTA), Ribeirão Preto chapter, is conducting a research to plant eight types of beans between the sugar cane lines. Not only this is brings another wealth source to the producer but at the same time ... http://landyield.com/feijao-reduz-custo-de-cana-oesp/ Today, 10th of July, a search for "make your own biofuel" on Google returns about 466.000 pages. It is amazing! http://landyield.com/make-your-own-biofuel-googl/ Mr Joelmir Beting is a Brazilian economics journalist and he defends that most of the current commodities price rise is due to speculation. Since the financial bubble busted due to low interested rates throughout the globe, investors and speculators had no place to run because of the subprime, housing crash ... http://landyield.com/formigas-no-tronco-joelmir-beting/ "Triple A - Ethanol" is the first ethanol tracing iniciative that I have heard of. (News in Portuguese, company website in English.) http://landyield.com/etanol-rastreado-globo-rural/ EU leaders are concerned about an ethanol production that meets environmental, labour and social standards, according to this story by The Guardian. It is a good picture for Brazil and other poor and developing countries in Central America, the Caribbean and Africa, according to President Lula from Brazil. In Brazil thebiofuels ... http://landyield.com/eu-and-brazil-join-forces-over-biofuels-the-guardian/ Yesterday I linked an article written by mr Roberto Rodrigues mentioning the low sugar cane prices in Brazil. Today I saw an interview by mr Ismael Perina Jr, president of the Orplana (organization that gathers sugar cane planters in Center/Southern areas of Brazil) and mr Fabio Trevisoli, member of the ... http://landyield.com/crise-dos-baixos-precos-da-cana/ Original and Portuguese translation available. All of a sudden, 27 energy ministers from the EU gathered and decided to re-read the article 3 for the renewable energy plan. As mr Jean-Louis Borloo, the French environment and energy minister, said, "The member states realised that the Commission's plan specifies that 10 percent ... http://landyield.com/lunion-europeenne-fait-marche-arriere-sur-les-biocarburants-le-monde/ As most government haters in Brazil, the former minister of agriculture doesn't want the government to intervene in the market. However, mr Roberto Rodrigues suggests that the Brazilian government should stabilize the sugar market. I beg your pardon? http://landyield.com/desenha-se-um-cenario-de-equilibrio-no-etanol-gazeta-mercantil/ Quick interview with the minister for agricultural development, in which he defends the Brazilian government program that joins social and economical goals under the biodiesel program. http://landyield.com/o-economicismo-taliba-epoca-negocios/