date:Apr 08, 2014
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They also saw higher incidents of other types of harmful tropical bugs as well as Asian rust fungus, Pessoa said. Spending on defences had grown last year and increased again this year - in some regions, like Mato Grosso and Bahia, it increased up to seven applications, he told a news conference.
We could be entering a phase of much more moderate expansion than we saw in the previous years, he said, adding that an expected record crop from the United States and lower international soya