1. Mato Grosso harvest percent complete, Parana percent, Mato 66 percentand Goias had percent harvested.

2. Parana, however, took a hard line passing a law banning GMOs from entering or being produced in the state.

3. The Parana floodplain marsh retains a large amount of nutrients being stored mainly in the sediment compartment.

4. The Parana situation reflects very badly on Brazil's image abroad, said Blairo Maggi, president of ANEC, governor of Mato Grosso state and one of Brazil's biggest soy producers.

5. Meanwhile acting Parana state governor Orlando Pessuti recently said the state will maintain its ban on GMOs even if this means some delays.

6. I don't want to discuss a problem of Parana; this is an internal problem.

7. The World Water Council cites the Parana La Plata in South America, the Aral Sea, the Jordan and the Danube as examples.

8. Parana, however line passing a law banning GMOs from entering or being produced in the state./parana.html

9. However, some farmers in Parana are reporting that dry weather could reduce the state's production by 10 percent.

10. Dry weather in pockets of Parana, Bahia and Mato Grosso do Sul, coupled with Asian soybean rust in Mato Grosso and elsewhere led to the lower crop estimates.

11. Mato Grosso harvest was 80 percent complete, Parana 70 percent, Mato Grosso do Sul 66 percent, and Goias had 47 percent harvested.

12. However, Roberto Requiao, governor of the state of Parana, has banned the production and sale there.

13. There is some disagreement over the potential Parana crop loss.

14. The largest loaf of bread weighed was baked by a Brazilian on November 13, 2008 in the city of Curitiba in Parana state, south Brazil, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

15. This project involves the construction of a road and a large number of bridges across the Parana River waterway.

16. In particular, soybean production n the southern states of Parana and Rio Grande do Sul are at surprisingly high levels, offsetting any rust-related losses reported in other states(), the report said.

17. The Belo Monte dam is set to become the world's third largest, after the Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze river in China and Itaipu, on the Parana river, on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.

18. We are looking at alternative routes, although the hope is that the Parana state government will backtrack on its ban.

19. Brazil's drought is limited to isolated areas; with the exception of Rio Grande do Sul and Parana, where irreversible damage appears to be widespread throughout the state.

20. Brazil's soybean crop is about 45 percent harvested, and low yields are reported in southern Mato Grosso do Sul and western and northern Parana.