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Brazil Now Top Global Beef Supplier | Tech Trends to Watch in 2026 | 5 USDA Policy Priorities

Compilation of News from Industry Sources (January 12, 2026)


Brazil surpassed the U.S. as the world’s top beef producer last year, according to market estimates, after the South American country beat output forecasts by hundreds of thousands of tons, easing a global supply squeeze and helping limit a surge in meat prices.


Smart technology is no longer a novelty in agriculture. To better understand what is changing and why, CropLife magazine spoke with three industry leaders: Reinder Prins, Head of Marketing at Agworld; Mike Roudi, CEO of Emergent Connext; and Tim Hassinger, President and CEO of Intelinair.


If 2025 was supposed to be the year farmland values either took a sharp turn up or down, the data delivered a different story: most land markets largely held their ground. 2025 became a year defined by stabilization, uneven performance, and a growing divide between high-quality land and everything else.


 
 

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