Brazil: Agro sees a chaotic situation, with unharvested grains and paralyzed production in Rio Grande do Sul

Published 2024년 5월 3일

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Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's third largest chicken meat producer and third largest pig farmer, is facing significant agricultural losses due to recent storms and floods. The disaster has disrupted transportation, causing issues in harvesting grain, raising concerns about feed and milk collection, and impacting animal slaughter operations. The extent of the damage is still unknown, with some crops unable to be harvested and farms cut off from urban centers. The situation is further complicated by closed bridges and compromised highways, affecting both the agricultural industry and the urban population.

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Sector calculates losses from crops destroyed by rain and compromised roads for harvest transport Agriculture in Rio Grande do Sul seemed to be going through unscathed in this year of the climate crisis, but the storms and floods of recent days put a large part of what has not yet been harvested at risk. “The situation is one of pain, and we will be in anguish to assess this situation. It’s a scenario never seen before.” This is how Rogério Kerber, president of Fundesa (Animal Health Development and Defense Fund) and executive director of Sips (Pork Products Industries Union), both from Rio Grande do Sul, describes the effects of the catastrophe in the state. Agriculture is fully committed in several regions. The grain areas that have not yet been harvested will show losses, the animals will not leave the properties for slaughter, the milk collection will be compromised, and the feed will not be enough to feed them. “We have never experienced or heard of such a dramatic situation ...

Source: Sintracoop