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(Adds BRF, JBS comments)By Ana ManoSAO PAULO, April 23 (Reuters) - Large Brazilian meatpackers are turning to wheat as they try to fend off a rise in the cost of corn, the main livestock feed ingredient, meat lobby ABPA said on Friday.Francisco Turra, president of ABPA's advisory body, told Reuters that demand from meat processors, who provide feed to the farmers who raise the
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Large Brazilian meatpackers are turning to wheat as they try to fend off a rise in the cost of corn, the main livestock feed ingredient, meat lobby ABPA said on Friday.
FILE PHOTO: A tractor works on a wheat plantation on land that used to be virgin Amazon rainforest near the city of Santarem, Brazil, April 20, 2013. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Francisco Turra, president of ABPA’s advisory body, told Reuters that demand from meat processors, who provide feed to the farmers who raise the livestock, is driving a rise in wheat planting intentions in his native Rio Grande do Sul state.
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