Names & Places

Common Ag Terms in Agribusiness

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UPDATED: FEB 2022

• ANTT - Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestres    (government site)
  Federal agency responsible for regulating land transport.
  
  ENGLISH -> ANTT- 3rd party site in English   (added Sept 18)
  
  
• Arco Norte 
  The Amazon Region.  The focus of infrastructure expansion from Mato Grosso State to ports along the Amazon River. Primary access now is highway BR 163
  
  
• CNA  Confederação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Brasil / CNA Internacional / Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock.    Brazil-US Agricultural Dialogue 2016
  
  
• Farelo - soy meal​
  
  
• ​Safrinha - 2nd corn crop planted in February after the soybean crop is harvested.​​
  
  
• Also check "Weights-Measures-Conversion".

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BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

• EMBRAPA  (EN)
  Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply
  

• CONAB (PT)
  National Company of Agricultural Supply

• iIMEA:  (PT)
  Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics

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DOING BUSINESS IN BRAZIL

WEIGHTS & MEASURES