SAO PAULO, March 11 (Reuters) - Brazilian beef processors will continue to face low cattle availability this year as the size of the domestic herd is not expected to increase before 2022, Fernando Iglesias, an analyst with Safras & Mercado, said during a presentation on Thursday.Brazil's unprecedented low cattle availability, caused by the slaughtering of cows and strong demand for beef in export markets, has led some beef processors to temporarily halt slaughtering and furlough employees in several states, he said. (Reporting by Ana Mano Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
(Adds context, recasts throughout)By Ana ManoSAO PAULO, March 11 (Reuters) - A shortage of cattle for slaughtering will continue to weigh on Brazilian beef processors for at least a year, Fernando Iglesias, an analyst with Safras & Mercado, said in a presentation on Thursday.Brazil's tight supplies, caused by the slaughtering of cows and strong demand for beef in markets like China, has led companies to temporarily halt operations and furlough employees in states including Goiás, Rondônia, São Paulo, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, he said.
3/12/2021
By Ana Mano
SAO PAULO, March 12 (Reuters) - Brazil s government is
concerned that heavy rains in the country are disrupting the
planting of the second crop of corn, Agriculture Minister Tereza
Cristina Dias said on Friday, adding that tight corn supplies
are already a concern for meatpackers.
Downpours in states like Mato Grosso have slowed the
harvesting of soybeans and the subsequent sowing of the second
corn crop, which is now being planted outside the ideal climate
window. Brazil s second corn crop, which is cultivated after
soybeans are harvested in the same areas, will represent around
80% of the country s total output this season.
2/10/2021
By Ana Mano
SAO PAULO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Brazil s third-largest meat
processor, Cooperativa Central Aurora Alimentos, plans to expand
chicken processing and maintain the size of pork operations as
it seeks to boost sales to markets such as China, its chief
executive said on Wednesday.
CEO Neivor Canton said in an interview with Reuters that
Aurora, a privately held company competing with Brazil-based
heavyweights JBS SA and BRF SA, wants to
expand its poultry capacity by 20% in two years and will invest
500 million reais ($93 million) in 2021 to achieve that goal.
Aurora processes about 6,000 tonnes of animal protein daily
and exports about a third of that, the executive said.