Minister of Agriculture Reinhold Stephanes of Brazil
Agriculture Minister Reinhold Stephanes said the country grew more rice than it consumed and had a reserve that would safeguard supply.
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BrasÃlia, 09 - The Brazilian government will announce sugarcane zoning between June and July, Brazil's Agriculture Minister Reinhold Stephanes said Wednesday.
Reinhold Stephanes said that Brazilian president Lula has been placing great emphasis on the priority of business between Brazil and Africa.
Stephanes said poor peasants and small-scale ranchers who received land and loans as part of government social welfare policies were partially to blame for beef production increases.
Stephanes said cattle did not always occupy deforested areas in the region.
planting, Stephanes said through an interpreter.
Brazil's Agricultural minister Reinhold Stephanes has said the government is studying a new credit model for the agricultural sector which will include a program of minimum prices, crop insurance and financing, putting the country on a par with other producing nations.
Agriculture Minister Reinhold Stephanes said the export suspension was necessary to guarantee supplies of the grain for Brazilians for the rest of the year.
Brazil and Mexico will sign accords to promote ethanol production and biofuel technology exchange, Brazil's Agriculture Minister Reinhold Stephanes said Friday.
Stephanes said farmers can plant over pasture land.
Prices of agricultural products are expected to keep on rising due to growing global consumption, Brazil's Agriculture Minister Reinhold Stephanes said on Friday.
Stephanes said almost all stocks in the world are below half of their maximum level, and that some countries started consuming food products that they did not traditionally consume.
Brazil is self-sufficient in rice production and there is a small amount that exceeds local demand, but in order to safeguard supply in the next six to eight months between harvests, exports are suspended," Stephanes said in a statement.
SAO PAULO, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Brazil's government plans to restrict the planting of sugar cane in areas used to produce food and prohibit it in the Amazon forest, Agriculture Minister Reinhold Stephanes said on Monday.
We want to participate in the (ethanol) market abroad and we don't want to have any problems, Stephanes said in reference to the fuel versus food discussion that intensified last year after a rise in grain prices.
Stephanes said Brazil has 200 million hectares (495 million acres) of usable land and it would require only 3.
Brazil grows more rice than it consumes and has a reserve that will safeguard the countrys supply, Agriculture Minister Reinhold Stephanes said in a statement.
Agriculture Minister Reinhold Stephanes said in a meeting of the Inter-American Ethanol Production Commission April 17 that Brazil has 150 million hectares (370 million acres) available for farming.
Reinhold Stephanes said in a statement "there are about 6 million hectares (15 million acres) of sugar cane plantations and about 150 million hectares (370 million acres) still available for agriculture.
Agriculture Minister Reinhold Stephanes said Latin America's largest nation has plenty of available land for farming and cattle that has already been deforested.
Stephanes said that the National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality, Inmetro, would oversee the process.
Stephanes said it was vital the two ministries agree on all aspects of the proposal so it could become law more easily.