South America Calling

A storm system that affects Argentina this week will largely miss Brazil.

Central Brazil will have only scattered rain showers during the next 10 days.

Central and northern areas of Brazil may have showers after April 3, but if they do not, stress could start to mount for the developing crops. Argentina's weather turns drier starting April 2 and indications are that precipitation will be limited for the beginning of the...

It is a mixed bag of precipitation over central areas of Brazil, while Argentina has a few chances for rain in the next week.

It may be the beginning of the end of the summer rainy season in central Brazil.

Drier weather in parts of central Argentina and southern Brazil bears watching.

Planting conditions for the second-crop corn (safrinha) are generally favorable, with no sign of an end to the rainy season at this time in Central Brazil.

Southern Argentina midweek rain has given a boost to crop prospects.

A drier weather pattern appears to be developing in central Argentina.

The next seven days will have favorable weather for the corn and soybean crops in Brazil, except for northeast Brazil.

All but the northeastern corner of Brazil's soybean areas have had favorable midsummer rainfall.

Archer Daniels Midland announced on Tuesday the acquisition of Brazil-based food extracts company Yerbalatina Phytoactives, expanding ADM's reach into Brazil.

The U.S. Cattlemen's Association wants the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to look into the purchase of National Beef by Brazil's Marfrig Global Foods.

The weather forecast projects much of South America to be well-watered by the end of December.

At a conference in downtown Washington, D.C., Brazilian agribusiness groups sought to shift the narrative by highlighting "sustainable food" and a "science-based model" for agriculture. They also strongly criticized the view that fires in the Amazon continue to happen because of...