In the Brazilian state of Para, deep in the Amazon, mile upon mile of deforested land flanks the dusty road. Pastureland ...

NOVA XAVANTINA, Brazil, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Farmers like Endrigo Dalcin are so keen to plant Brazil's biggest-ever soybean crop that they are tearing down the fences around once-sacred territory: ...

BRASILIA, Brazil -- The removal of hundreds of cattle raised illegally on public land designated for sustainable forest use in Brazil's Amazon has sparked protests and divided residents, with some ...

Brazil has more trees than any country except Russia—but when our huge forests make the news, it’s usually because of “deforestation.” My nation and its Amazon region are so incomprehensibly big that ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has urged his Brazilian counterpart Carlos Favaro to address timely disease reporting in Brazil in order to continue to access the U.S. market. The concern ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Plans by Luis Inacio Lula da Silva to revive vast swaths of degraded pasture are key to his push to protect Brazil's Amazon without alienating ...

Smaller cattle herds and strong consumer demand have caused beef prices to rise by as much as 15% during the past year. This ...

Maryland cattle farmers say they would rather see the federal government invest in the American beef producers instead of ...

Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, has disclosed that the federal government will soon turn the Obudu Cattle Ranch into a major hub for livestock and dairy production in Nigeria, ...