Cash sugar markets were quiet during the week as sugar beet planting ended and new sales of bulk refined sugar for 2023-2024 were steady at a slow […]
US sugar deliveries slow down
All posts tagged: Brazil
Brazilian coffee, a story of love and theft
Legend has it that in 1727 Sergeant Francisco de Melo Palheta was sent to settle a land dispute between French and Dutch Guiana. He arrived in Cayenne […]
Brazil looks forward to huge sugarcane harvest
Rain in the first quarter of the year is essential for a healthy sugarcane field. Analysts believe that the Brazilian agricultural yield, that is, sugarcane harvest, could […]
What happened to the price of sugar during the 2009-2011 bull market?
The price of sugar is now at a 12-year high of 27 cents per pound, which inevitably raises the question of what happened 12 years ago. What […]
La Niña may cause sugar prices to rise further
According to the Wall Street Journal, sugar prices are trading at their highest level in 10 years. At the same time, there is some concern about supply, […]
Brazil could export five million tons of corn to China by 2023
Sandro Steinbach, director of the Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies at North Dakota State University in the US, recently completed a study on global shipping […]
BRICS now bigger than G7
New world order: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) overtook the G7 countries in global GDP to become economically more powerful. This means that the […]
Illegal miners in the Amazon expand into copper as price rises
Authorities in Brazil are cracking down on illegal copper mining in the Amazon because high prices for the lead metal are attracting black market operators who normally […]
Brazil’s oldest bank allows residents to pay their taxes with crypto
A major Brazilian bank, Banco do Brasil, is offering a new and convenient option for the country’s residents to pay their taxes with crypto. According to a […]
Coffee prices ready to climb after three-year bean shortage
The world will face coffee shortages for an “unprecedented” third consecutive year due to a lower-than-expected harvest from top grower Brazil, writes coffee trader Volcafe. This means […]
