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On May 16, 2025, Brazil, the world’s largest chicken meat exporter, reported its first case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a commercial plant. The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has initiated measures to resolve the case, including a sanitary void period as of May 22nd for 28 days.

Brazilian researcher Dr. Mariangela Hungria will receive the 2025 World Food Prize for her scientific advancements in biological nitrogen fixation, which have transformed soil health and crop nutrition in tropical agriculture.

Brazil’s total coffee production for marketing year 2025/26 (July-June) is forecast at 65 million bags (60 kilograms per bag), green bean equivalent, a 0.5 percent increase over the previous crop year.

2014/2015 wheat production is estimated at 6.5 million metric tons (mmt), up 18 percent from the previous year due to an 18 percent increase in area based on higher prices at planting.