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Podcast: Spotlight on Soybeans

Grains & Oilseeds

5 October 2017

In terms of area planted and export revenue generated, there is no crop that is more representative of Brazilian agribusiness than soybeans. In this podcast, Rabobank Brazil's grains specialist Victor Ikeda discusses the long term outlook for Brazilian soybean production and the main factors driving demand in the domestic and export markets over the coming decade.

Animal Protein

22 September 2017

Brazil is expected to increase its beef production by around 2% per year over the coming decade. This will be supported by an increased use of systems that rely on pastures in combination with grains in order to accelerate growth and reduce time to market. These emerging systems, along with the traditional feedlot, are the key to improving productivity and mitigating risks, and are likely to be present in 45% of Brazil’s beef production by 2026, whereas today less than 30% of total beef production in Brazil uses these systems.

Grains & Oilseeds

12 September 2017

China, the original home of soybeans, now absorbs around two-thirds of global soybean flows. Despite an expected slowdown in growth, around 35m tonnes of additional Chinese import demand still needs to be met by 2025. Brazil is in the best position to supply this extra demand, so Chinese companies are expected to continue to seek strategic access to Brazil. In this report, we discuss the opportunities and challenges of different investment approaches.