Fabio NunesFabio Nunes, poultry processing consultant, BrazilFrom the Author - Page 8HomeReuters: US consumer sentiment grim but retail sales jumpU.S. consumer sentiment worsened sharply in early August, falling to the lowest level in more than three decades, according to Reuters. This news comes after retail sales posted the biggest gain in four months in July.Broilers & TurkeysWSJ Americas: El sombrío panorama de EUA afectará el crecimiento de Brasil y MéxicoLos economistas están reduciendo las proyecciones de crecimiento de las dos economías más grandes de América Latina, Brasil y México, con el fin de ajustarlas a las sombrías expectativas para la economía de Estados Unidos. México es especialmente vulnerable a proyecciones pesimistas para la economía más grande del mundo, debido a que Estados Unidos absorbe 80% de las exportaciones mexicanas, mientras que Brasil está ligeramente más aislado debido a su mayor diversificación de los mercados de exportación.HomeUS economy may slow down Mexico and Brazil’s economic growthThe WSJ Americas reports the economists have been reducing their projections of growth for the two leading Latin American economies - Brazil and Mexico - as to adjust them to the shadowy scenario of the U.S. economy. Mexico is the most fragile given U.S. absorbs 80% of its exports.HomeBrasil Foods: Profit on sharp riseBrasil Foods ended the first semester of 2011 making a profit of R$881 million (around US$550 million), a 279% rise compared to the same period of last year. The net sales revenue reached R$12,3 billion (around US$7.7 billion) in the period, a 16% rise compared to the year before.Processing & SlaughterBrasil Foods to build new complex in UAEBrasil Foods will build up a new complex to produce processed meats in the UAE, which will demand a global investment of US$120 million: US$95 million in the first phase and US$25 million in the second. Production capacity will reach 80,000 MT per year at the peak and the startup is forecast for the end of 2012.TurkeyU.S. government knew about bacteria in turkey, reports WSJWSJ reports that federal officials said they turned up a dangerous form of Salmonella at a Cargill Inc. turkey plant last year, and then four times this year at stores selling the Cargill turkey, but didn't move for a recall until an outbreak killed one person and sickened 77 others. Cargill and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the recall of ground turkey from the Cargill plant in Springdale, Ark., on Aug. 3.Home5 Brazilian companies dependent on US marketFive Brazilian companies are the most dependent on the US market at this moment and may likely suffering more intensely the current crisis that slashes the world financial market: AB InBev, Braskem, Embraer, Gerdau Group, and JBS.HomeBrasil Foods targets global investmentsBrasil Foods thinks it is time now to focus on new expansion opportunities in the stream of the merging process judgment. The company is planning to increase its internationalization degree by resuming its strategy of acquisitions outside Brazil.HomeBrazil: record 161.5 million MT for next harvestThe most recent study by CONAB (Brazilian supply company) of the Ministry of Agriculture, estimates a new record harvest for Brazil - 161.5 million MT in 2010/11. In the period, the cropland grew 4.7%, to 49.6 million hectares, 2.2 million more than 2009/10.HomeBrazil: voice of the agribusiness to be heardAn initiative of the former Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Roberto Rodrigues, the entity Sou Agro ("am agribusiness", in a free translation) was put in motion in Brasil. The entity gathers professionals, companies and players of the Brazilian agribusiness.HomePew: US poutry industry responsible for pollutionBroilers are produced by the millions in industrial facilities concentrated in just a handful of states, and much of the waste they produce ends up polluting the nation’s waterways. These are just two issues highlighted in Pew’s new report “Big Chicken: Pollution and Industrial Poultry Production in America”.HomeBrazil: sugar cane for aeronautic industry biofuelIn the stream of the search for renewable energy sources, Boeing, Embraer and BID will jointly finance a research project that aims at evaluating the potential of the Brazilian sugar cane as raw material for production of biofuel for the aeronautic industry. The pioneer project will also address the market and environment repercussions associated with the use of the biofuel made from sugar cane.Previous PagePage 8 of 13Next Page