The head of the Brazilian Association of Machinery and Equipment Industry (Abimaq), João Marchesan, said Monday that the modernization of agricultural machines in Brazil depends on the conditions of the next Harvest Plan 2022/23, under formulation by the government, and requested R$32 billion for Moderfrota — a program for the upgrading of the tractors fleet […]
Enel Green Power, the renewable power arm of Italy’s Enel in Brazil, has started commercial operations of the Fontes dos Ventos II wind farm, in Pernambuco. The R$430-million project has an installed capacity of 99 megawatts, with 18 wind turbines. The power will be sold in the free market, in which large consumers can choose […]
Emmanuel Macron’s reelection as president of France for the next five years means continued French resistance to the European Union-Mercosur free trade agreement on its current terms. What might change depends more on what will happen in the October presidential election in Brazil. This is the assessment of Professor Gaspard Estrada, executive director of the […]