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We started our morning with a briefing from CME/BM&F Bouespa. Achilles Cuoto explained that BM&F Bouespa is an exchange service like the CME is in the US. Fabiana Perobelli said that approximately 200,000 contracts per day are generated through the United States. The money exchange is ...
Read More about Our Last Full Day in Brazil

Greetings from Piracicaba –  We started the day at ELSAQ, the agriculture school for Sao Paulo University where we listened to our first speaker Professor Luiz Lehmann Coutinho.  Professor Coutinho told us some interesting facts and described the curriculum ELSAQ offers.  ELSAQ started as strictly ...
Read More about ELSAQ and Case IH

This morning we had an opportunity to sleep in and catch up on some much needed rest.  After another round of European-style breakfast buffet, several in the group purchased some souvenirs,  we boarded the bus, traveled to the airport, said farewell and "Obrigado!" to our skilled and trusted driver, ...
Read More about Feb 28, 2010 – Travel Day

Today we awoke in the farming community of Lucas do Rio Verde, population of approximately 50,000.  A hard rain fell over part of the night.  Speaking with Ricardo, our farmer guide, Mato Grosso receives almost 100 inches of rain annually with almost all of that falling from September to early ...
Read More about Mato Grosso…. Day 2

It’s Friday in Mato Grosso and the group is anxious to learn more about the agriculture in this state where crop production reins king.  We started our day at Palacio Paiaguas with vice Governor (incoming Governor in one month) Silval.  They are very proud that Mato Grosso is the leading food ...
Read More about Mato Grosso – February 26th