Leader in soybean exports, the premier agricultural commodity, and well ahead of the U.S., Brazil agribusiness aims at making the most of the country's natural advantage by maitaining the land and water resources - a contradiction in terms ?
Years in the making, Brazil's dominant position in the soybean trade has been achieved by a powerful agroindustry, driven by unsatiable demand from China but the environmental cost may be unbearable in the medium term
4 commodity traders - ADM, Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus - and a new potential entrant - Glencore amidst wide swings in the grain and soybean markets