Max Armstrong recalls his first trip to Brazil nearly 40 years ago when the discussion focused on the amazing potential for crop production in that nation and he notes that work has continued. He reports on news from the national supply company in Brazil which reports the output of the country’s soybean crop could be up to 21% higher than the previous season and corn production could rise by 10%. And exports of soybeans could rise 22%, and corn exports could rise 24%. These are projections from CONAB in Brazil. Max shares more insight on this Brazil competitive news.

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