Bean King Brazil.The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. is about to lose its spot as the world's largest soy exporter, making way for a new king of the green mountain: Brazil Brazil (brəzĭl`), Port. Brasil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2005 est. pop. 186,113,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America. , the world's second-largest producer. The trend comes as no surprise, as Brazilian soy has fast become the preferred choice in European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. and Chinese Chinese, subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (see Sino-Tibetan languages), which is also sometimes grouped with the Tai, or Thai, languages in a Sinitic subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan language stock. markets, even in less-than-optimal market conditions. "Right now, a weak dollar is preventing Brazilian producers from growing even more," says Amelio Dall'Agnol, a researcher at Embrapa Soja, an agricultural research firm in Londrina. While the United States exported 28.9 million tons of soy during the 2001-2002 season, Brazil exported 15 million. That figure will jump by 11.1 million tons to hit 26.1 million during the 2005-2006 growing season growing season, period during which plant growth takes place. In temperate climates the growing season is limited by seasonal changes in temperature and is defined as the period between the last killing frost of spring and the first killing frost of autumn, at which . One of the chief drivers of Brazil's success has been the high price of U.S. soy. "The trend is that if we keep prices where they are, the international market will react so that by the end of the decade, we will be the biggest producer and distributor of soy in the world," Dall'Agnol says. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] |
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