Today we started by visiting an agriculture research facility in the Cerrado region of Brazil. The facility, Embrapa, specifically works on the development of the Brazilian farming sector by creating technologies that help increase productivity and competitiveness of Agribusiness. Soybean Rust is one of the major research programs that Embrapa is engaged in. They hope to develop a soybean that will respond after only one spraying, instead of four or five that are currently being used to rid the plant of rust.

We've also spent quite a bit of time meeting with our friends in the Brazilian Government. This morning we met with the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Agriculture. We spent a great deal of time discussing trade and the World Trade Organization meetings.

This afternoon we met with several members of the Brazilian Congress and members of Brazil's Farm Bureau. It was interesting to hear their perspective on agriculture in Brazil and the United States.

Stay tuned, we're not done today!