5/11/2021
(Adds details from statement, background)
SAO PAULO, May 11 (Reuters) - Union workers at Brazil s
Santos port are planning a 24-hour strike this week due to lack
of clarity on how soon they will be vaccinated, according to a
notice sent to clients by Commodities/Unimar Shipping on Tuesday
and seen by Reuters.
Santos is South America s largest port and critical to
Brazil s commodities exports.
The strike, which has no exact date as yet, might directly
affect the mooring and unmooring of ships, cargo operations and
attendance by watchmen, SA Commodities/Unimar Shipping said.
The government categorizes port workers as a priority group
5/11/2021
(Adds timing of decision on potential strike)
SAO PAULO, May 11 (Reuters) - Union workers at Brazil s
Santos port are planning a 24-hour strike this week over lack of
clarity on how soon they will be vaccinated against COVID-19,
according to a notice sent to clients by Commodities/Unimar
Shipping on Tuesday and seen by Reuters.
Santos is South America s largest port and critical to
Brazil s commodities exports.
The strike, which has no exact date as yet, might directly
affect the mooring and unmooring of ships, cargo operations and
attendance by watchmen, SA Commodities/Unimar Shipping said.
It added that the workers decision on whether to strike was
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4/6/2021
By Ana Mano
SAO PAULO, April 6 (Reuters) - Brazil s second corn yields
will fall by an estimated 3.6% this year, as most growers were
forced to sow the cereal outside the ideal climate window after
delays in the soy harvest, according to a presentation by
agribusiness consultancy Agroconsult on Tuesday.
If the projection is confirmed, second corn growers will
harvest an average of 91.6 60-kg bags per hectare in 2021,
Agroconsult said.
In Brazil s biggest grain state of Mato Grosso, for example,
38% of the second corn fields were planted in a high-risk
climate window, according to Agroconsult s observers after they
returned from a crop tour of key grain regions that kicked off
4/5/2021 SAO PAULO, April 5 (Reuters) - Brazilian farmers had harvested 78% of the area planted with the 2020/2021 soybean crop as of last Thursday, compared with 83% at the same point last year, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said on Monday. As the soybean season draws to a close, Brazilian farmers were able to finish planting their second corn crop, as much of it is grown in the same areas as the oilseeds, AgRural said. But because Brazil s second corn was planted outside the ideal climate window due to delays in the soy harvest, all attention now is on the weather, as rains are a crucial factor in the corn crop s development phase, according to AgRural s statement.