Invest in Agribusiness - Brazil

[bucket]

So if you have been reading any other threads on agriville, you will notice my issue with politicians or leaders is their lack of vision.

I really don't care if Brazil is corrupt or not, but to build a railway is essential to the well being of your country. If a corrupt person builds it, who cares, the value of it will out weigh the corruption.

Besides in the early days of railways in the US they used to rob the train on horses. Eventually that practices was put to end by lawmen, and just common sense that a horse ride may not end up to well beside a train.

Here is hoping you get your railway built and never follow Canada's lead in tearing the equivalent of one up already.

Remember this. Canada is one of the youngest nations on this planet and has already destroyed a complete rail infrastructure once.

Do not ever think that there wasn't corruption involved here as well.

[jjfdea]

People never have to forget that Brazil is a developing nation. Despite our growth in recent years, it's still a very poor country. Full of potencial, but very poor yet. Sometimes I don't want to belive we are one of the top ten world economies by GDP.
As for the railroad system, we have barely had any. So to a country that Woke up from this problem a few years ago, it will be a while until we see something palpable down here. How many years Canada spent building its system? What about the US?
I think one point is important to notice is infrastructure in Brazil is uneven actually. One can't look at us as an unit. I suppose people can't look at Canada that way either, thogh it is way easier to consider you as a whole. Simplifying my country only makes it harder to realize its qualities and flaws in the end.

[bucket]

If you are thinking about it, it is a step in the right direction. Now find the right people to see your ideas to completion.

It is not an easy task, and you will need like minded individuals all across the nation to get it done.

In reality the government's only involvement should to ensure standards are met and regulations made and adhered to. Good luck.

Canada's rail network took years to build but thise back in the early 1900s.

They started tearing them out in the 1980s.

With the construction equipment available today, a rail line should not take forever to build. It might take longer to get a route approved than actually doing the physical build.

It would be interesting to watch. More so than watching the last train leave a community, as was the case in the 1980s.

[jjfdea]

Bureaucracy and education are two things that have anything to do with it, aren't they? Unfortunately Brazil has low standards to offer. The work has already begun and it will be years running. Can ask you a question? Are you a farmer in Canada? Or are you a professional in a related field?

[sumdumguy]

Is your land titled at a central land registry? As in
private ownership?

[jjfdea]

All land in Brazil has to have its documentation registered in an place we call "cartório" (register office). Just would like to clarify, if I understood your question right, that personally I don't own any land in Brazil. And this is why I'm writing here. In all regions of my country I see plenty of arable land to be farmed but I face, like my fellow countrymen, natural or legal person, restriction of credit - what drives us crazy. A Foreigner interested in invest here is something that I take as an exit.

[bucket]

jjfdea

If you are asking personally - yes I am a farmer in Canada.

And yes I am a registered Mechanical Engineering Technologist for over 20 years. I have worked in Engineering, in the steel industry, did expansion layouts on computer when most were still using a pencil and been a part of installing major equipment to thousandths of an inch and ensuring their alignment at different sites in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

But mostly, as most know here, I am just a dumbass farmer.

Infrastructure is a key to any countries well being. A railroad is key to becoming a powerhouse internationally. It moves goods at a fraction of the cost of trucking and is much more environmentally friendly.

[samhill]

Governments favour trucking over rail b/c it employs
many more times the number. Trucking is huge in N.
America and apparently S. America. Haul potatoes
from somewhere, meet a truck hauling potatoes the
other way. Haul frozen pork to US, load pork haul it to
Canada, Haul urea to N. Dakota, Haul urea back to
Texas. Kinda like free trade. But the service industry
keeps up the cash flow. Have to resurface hiways and
build new lanes. It's all about a back haul.
Don't forget that passenger rail service would kink the
airlines, so executives would not be able to fly 1st
class. Still, in Europe they do have trucks.

[jjfdea]

Correct. In Brazil airline companies are not that big either, i.e., the sector has lots to grow. So nothing is a "threat" here. When thinking of railroad, Los Angeles comes to my mind. The difference, as far as I know, is that LA's was once exuberant and then destroyed by the auto lobby. Brazil's was always tiny and underdeveloped. But despite all truck activity one can face, our farming rural middle class and entrepeneurs profit a lot in agribusiness in my country. No doubt.

[Burbert]

Saskframer 3, where are you? This should
be right up yer alley, lottsa money ta be
made, holiday destination. Angribusiness
oppurtunity that'll knock yer socks off.
Explore the amazon, amazing! Why so
quite, to humbled by such an amazing offer
me guesses, eh! Heil Harper f ritz......