Brazil Looking to Solve FMD Problem
BRAZIL - Flávio Botelho, agronomy professor at the University of Brasília (UnB), recognises that the budget for the agricultural sector as a whole, including that of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Science and Technology, has grown in recent...

Brazil Back in the Chilean Market
BRAZIL - Seventeen Brazilian beef plants are now eligible to export to Chile, reversing the foot and mouth disease ban placed on Brazilian beef in late 2005. Access for 16 of the plants was granted last week by the Chilean Agricultural and Livestock Service...

Chilean Inspectors Arrive in Brazil
BRAZIL - A delegation of government officials and veterinarians from Chile, arrived in San Paulo on Thursday, to spend the next two weeks inspecting the beef plants.

Brazil's Cross-Border Plan to Eradicate Foot-and-Mouth
BRAZIL - Despite being locked out of 56 per cent of the world’s beef importing counties because of foot-and-mouth disease – including the lucrative markets of South Korea and Japan – Brazil still accounts for 32 per cent of the world’s beef export. ...

Boost to Brazil's FMD-Free Status
BRAZIL - The World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) has recognised the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul as a foot-and-mouth disease free zone.

Rio Grande Do Sul Starts First Stage of 2008 FMD Vaccination
BRAZIL - The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has started the first stage of it 2008 vaccination programme against foot and mouth disease.

Brazil Has Foot And Mouth Too
BRAZIL - Furious farmers last night called for a ban on beef imports from countries with foot and mouth disease while British livestock movement remains frozen.