TheCattleSite Latest News: Brazil
13 November 2020
JBS eyes further expansion after strong third-quarter profitsBrazil’s JBS SA reiterated its plans to grow production capacity in Brazil and the US after posting robust third-quarter results....
12 November 2020
JBS posts higher than expected quarterly profit, defying estimatesBrazilian meat packing giant JBS SA reported a near nine-times increase in third-quarter net profit, beating market expectations....
11 November 2020
Brazil’s meatpackers face on-going sustainability issuesSocially conscious investors rank Brazil’s meatpacking giants JBS and BRF as “medium” risk and Minerva as “high” risk, saying that the firms have yet to address key sustainability issues....
26 October 2020
Two Brazilian meat plants operated by BRF and Marfrig to restart sales to ChinaBeijing has authorised two Brazilian meat packing plants to resume sales to China after receiving bans over COVID-19 concerns earlier this year....
23 October 2020
Brazil recognizes 6 states as free from FMD without vaccinationThe Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) published Normative Instruction No. 52, which recognizes the states of Acre, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Rondônia as free from foot-and-mouth disease. Regions of Amazonas and Mato Grosso were...
19 October 2020
JBS CEO says that Brazil is producing more meat with less landGilberto Tomazoni, CEO of meat packing giant JBS SA, reports that livestock suppliers in Brazil are producing more while using less land....
Brazil to suspend tariffs on corn and soy until 2021Brazil will suspend tariffs on corn and soy imports form countries outside the Mercosur trading bloc until early 2021 in a bid to reduce food prices that are contributing to inflation....
15 October 2020
J&F Investimentos, parent company of Brazil’s JBS, pleads guilty to US foreign bribery chargesBrazil’s J&F Investimentos plead guilty to US foreign bribery charges and agreed to pay $128.25 million in criminal fines....
12 October 2020
Barretos beef plant resumes exports to ChinaCOVID-19-affected plant owned by Brazil’s Minerva resumes exports to China....
01 October 2020
China temporarily suspends beef imports from Minerva plant in BrazilChina has temporarily suspended imports from a beef planted owned by Minerva SA for one week....
24 September 2020
JBS launches "Together for the Amazon" initiativeThe new programme from JBS uses blockchain technology to strengthen livestock supplier monitoring and establishes the JBS Fund for the Amazon, contributing to social development and environmental conservation. ...
23 September 2020
Marfrig executive pledges to reduce direct emissions by over 40 percent by 2035A top executive with Brazil’s Marfrig Global Foods, the world’s top hamburger producer, says the company expects to achieve a 43 percent reduction in direct emissions by 2035....
21 September 2020
Mountain cheese is first artisanal product to receive Arte Stamp in Santa CatarinaThe state of Santa Catarina has started to deliver the Arte Stamp for handmade products. The first product to receive certification in the state was mountain cheese produced by the Zanelato family, in the municipality of Bom Retiro. ...
09 September 2020
How the novel coronavirus swept through Brazil’s JBS slaughterhousesAs JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, reported second-quarter net profits that were twice as high as analysts expected, Reuters sheds a light how the company contended with COVID-19 outbreaks and deaths among its plant workers in Brazil....
07 September 2020
Investigation opens after accidental worker death at JBS plant in BrazilJBS SA, the world’s largest meat company, says that Brazilian authorities are investigating the death of a worker at one of its beef plants....
27 August 2020
Brazil’s Marfrig introduces “carbon neutral” beefBrazilian food processor Marfrig, owner of National Beef in the United States, has launched a new line of beef products from cows sourced from sustainable farms....
21 August 2020
JBS plant in Brazil has been ordered to impose a 1.5-meter worker distancing after coronavirus outbreakA beef plant in Pontes e Lacerda owned by JBS SA has been ordered by a labour court to impose a 1.5-meter distance between workers in the production line to stop the spread of COVID-19....
17 August 2020
JBS pursues US share listing plan after COVID-19 falloutBrazil’s JBS SA is reviving plans to list shares on Wall Street after dealing with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic....
14 August 2020
JBS in the black for the second quarter despite COVID-19 shocksBrazilian meat packing giant JBA SA posted better than expected results, achieving net profits nearly twice as high as analysts’ average estimates....
10 August 2020
JBS offers 5,200 new jobs in Brazil as part of pandemic responseFood processing giant JBS SA is hiring an additional 5,200 workers in Brazil in a bid to boost output for its export base while contending with ongoing COVID-19 cases among workers....
29 July 2020
Nordea sheds €40 million of JBS shares, citing poor environmental and health and safety recordNordea Asset Management has dropped shares of JBS SA worth about €40 million for all of its funds in July based on the company’s environmental record and response to the COVID-19 pandemic....
20 July 2020
Amazon deforestation linked with soya and beef productionEmerging research suggests that nearly 20 percent of Brazil’s soya exports to the European Union could be linked with illegal deforestation....
16 July 2020
China moves to suspend exports from two meat plants in Brazil over COVID-19 worriesThe Chinese government has asked Brazil to stop exports from two meat plants over concerns about COVID-19 outbreaks in food processing centres in the country....
14 July 2020
Brazilian companies sound the alarm on Amazon deforestationA group of 39 companies have expressed concerns over deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, hinting that they could divest from Brazil’s economy unless the destruction is reversed....
09 July 2020
Brazil investigates COVID-19 outbreaks in 10 meat plants in Mato GrossoBrazilian labour prosecutors are probing COVID-19 outbreaks in at least 10 meat processing plants across Mato Grosso state....
07 July 2020
JBS reports 2.2 percent of workers at Brazil plant as COVID-19 positiveBrazilian meatpacking giant JBS says that 2.2 percent of workers at its Goiania beef plant have been placed on mandatory leave after testing positive for COVID-19....
24 June 2020
Multiple Brazilian meat exporters sign Chinese customs declarationsBrazilian beef, pork and chicken exporters have signed declarations stating that goods heading to China are free from coronavirus contamination, as per requests from Chinese authorities....
22 June 2020
Brazil updates its safety guidelines for meatpackers as COVID-19 hammers processing plantsOn 19 June, the Brazilian government published new guidelines for meatpackers after a surge of coronavirus cases were reported at meat plants....
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