Iowa Farm Bureau members have until Dec. 15 to apply for an intensive market study tour to Brazil in late February and early March 2020.

The market study tour, which is exclusive to Iowa Farm Bureau members, will focus on Brazil’s significant investments in ports and other infrastructure, along with production gains in the country’s northern areas, said Sam Funk, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) senior research economist and director of ag analytics.

Traditionally, the lack of transportation to northern export points created a...