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3 July - Thursday
Russia Bars Beef Imports From
Goiás
The discovery of
vesicular stomatitis in Goiás State
will cause the band on beef exports to Russia for at least 12 months per
contracts between the Russian and Brazilian governments. Russia is
the largest importer of beef in the world.
14 May - Wednesday
Monsanto Invests in Goiás
US$ 32 million will
be invested in corn seed facilities in Goiás, Minas Gerais and São
Paulo increasing Monsanto's production by 20%. 100 new direct
jobs will be created.
7 May - Wednesday
Grupo Cabrera To Build Plant in
Jataí
To Goiás
The State of Goiás and
the Grupo Cabrera have signed tax incentives contracts totaling R$814.6
million (US$ 490 million) for the establishment of an ethanol plant and
land for sugarcane production. Grupo Cabrera will invest R$ 400
million in the project.
10 April - Thursday
State Government
Gives Tax Break Incentive
Usina Boa Vista, in
Quirinópolis, received a R$ 681 million exemption of ICMS taxes from
Agência de Fomento de Goiás (GoiasFomento). Work on the
plant began in 2006. It will not be completely operational until 2010; however, the plant will begin its first milling of sugarcane
this year, which is expected to be approximately 1.2 million tons
28 March - Friday
Perdigão
Will Invest R$ 165 million in New Meat Packing Plant
Perdigão already has a
meat-packing plant in Jataí
(GO), which
slaughters 70,000 chickens/day. Perdigão will now build
another plant with capacity to kill 280 chickens/turkeys per day.
There will be a total of 145 chicken producing farms, which will be
financed by FCO in the amount of R$ 200 million.
1 5 March - Saturday
Ethanol Pipeline Move Forward
Petrobas has officially
given the go ahead for construction of the ethanol pipeline and the
completion date has been brought forward to 2010. Beside Goiânia,
Itumbiara is also
being consider for a collection station.
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February 08 - Wednesday
Ethanol Pipeline In Phase Two
Petrobras, the national
oil company, has concluded phase one (viability study) of the ethanol
pipeline that will run from just outside of Goiânia to
Paulínia, São Paulo and then on
to the Port of São Sebastião on the coast of São Paulo State.
The project will cost
US$1 billion
The pipeline will carry 8
billion liters per year.
24 October - Wednesday
BioDiesel Company
invests in sunflowers
Bionasa, constructing the largest biodiesel in the country at
Porangatu (GO), will
contract farmers in Goiás and
Mato Grosso and
western Bahia and southern
Tocantins. The company intends to stimulate the plantation of
sunflower in a total of 200,000 hectares. This will enable Bionasa to
guarantee a production of 160,000 tons/yr of biodiesel. Production
is planned to begin in August 2008.
Sunflowers have enormous
adaptation to the Brazilian
cerrado (savannah).
The plant, besides possessing high oil content, around 40% 44%, presents
important characteristics such as resistance to the drought, cold and
heat.
In 2010, production capacity
will be expanded to 400,000 tons/yr. A total of R$256 million will
be invested in the two stages. The company also intends to stimulate the
plantation of Jatropha (pinhão-manso) in the central-western region for
the production of biodiesel.
29 August - Wednesday
Petrobras To Build 40
Sugar/Ethanol Plants
Petrobras will begin her ethanol export program with the construction of five
plants in the Central-Western Region; two in Goias and three in Mato Grosso do
Sul. Fifteen of the planned 40 mills are expected to be built in the State
of Goias.
source: (Abag - Brazilian
Agribusiness Association)
11 August - Saturday
US Company Invests In
Ethanol Plants in Goias
Truenergy, part of the American group Upstream Cap,
announced investments totaling US$ 300 million to build three
sugarcane/ethanol plants in the Northeast part of the State. The
specific locations have no been determined but mostly likely in one of
the following municipalities: Posse, São Domingos, Alto Paraíso, Campos
Belos and/or Cavalcante. The company plans to rent up to 60,000
hectares (144,000 acres).
(more -
English at bottom of pdf
file)
(see map)
27 July - Thursday
Goiás leads in cattle Feedlots
54% of all feedlot cattle are in Goias. Availability of feed,
meat-packing plants and its central location in Brazil make the State
attractive to the feedlot industry. In 2006, the state had 48% of the
animals confined in Brazil and, in the beginning of the decade, 26%
The three largest operations in number of animals are in the State;
Bertin - Fazenda Planura in Aruanã had 93.2 a thousand animals in 2006.
Brazil is expected to have 2.5 million cattle in feedlots this year.
source: AgroLink
27 June - Wednesday
Farmers' Debt at R$10
Billion in Goiás
The Ministry of
Agriculture has calculated that all operating, investment and long-term
debt of Brazilian farmers is R$131 billion. (US$67 billion)
11 June - Monday
Cotton Losing Out
To Sugarcane
Higher risk, higher production cost, higher manpower requirements are
all pushing cotton producers to enter the sugarcane sector. In the
regions where the altitude is below of 600 meters (1,980 ft), such as
Acreúna, Santa Helena, Porteirão and Itumbiara, traditional cotton
producing areas, cotton has been substituted by soybeans and sugarcane.
This region was responsible for 70% of cotton in Goiás; now only 8%.
source: O Popular
13 April - Friday
US$650 million
Ethanol Investment in Goiás
Cosan ,
the largest producer of sugar and ethanol in Brazil with 17 plants in
the State of São Paulo, will invest US$650 million over the next four
years in three new ethanol-only plants in the counties of: Jataí, Montividiu,
Paraúna
(see map).
Each plant will have
the capacity to mill 3.3 million tons per year. First plant will
be online in 2009.
Besides Cosan, a total of
US$1.79 billion is expected to be invested over the next three years in
the ethanol/sugarcane sector in the State of Goiás.
06 March - Tuesday
Ethanol Pipeline:
Goiás to São Paulo
The contract has
been signed with a Japanese Development Bank to finance the US$600
million project. Construction will begin in 2008 and the pipeline
is scheduled to be completed in 2010-2012.
03 March - Saturday
US$1.7 Billion in Ethanol
Investments
Is the amount estimated to
be invested over the next three years in the
ethanol sector in the State
of Goiás. Present ethanol production of 800
million liters will reach 3.2 billion liters by 2010. 30% of
production is expected to be exported.
24 January - Thursday
Soybeans Prices Down 12.79%
From 2004/2005 Harvest
From the 2004/05
to the 2005/06 harvest, soybean prices dropped from an average of R$
25.72 per 60 kilo bag to R$ 22.43. (60 kilos = 2.2 bu). According to IBGE the planted area
went from 2,492,760 ha 2005/06 to 2,118,900 ha in 2006/07. However,
good climatic conditions should improve productivity. Although
prices have increased they will have to remain 13% above the previous
year average to insure profitability.
Source: Faeg.
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