Brazil races to fill grain supply gap but infrastructure may hinder sales

摘要

Brazil is on course for record exports of maize this season as overseas buyers look for alternative origins to the US, which is suffering from its worst drought in years. The latest export figures show that shipments in July are well ahead of the paceset in previous years and the US could become one of its biggest customers for the first time, with poultry and livestock producers expressing particular interest, according to local analysts.