Brazil: Tobacco production should exceed 20 thousand tons

The 2022/23 tobacco crop in Venâncio Aires should have some ‘increases’ compared to the previous period, mainly in planted area and productivity. The projected 8.8 thousand hectares should produce 20.24 thousand tons – growth of 4.6% compared to 2021/22. At this time of year, about 80% of the area has been planted and some producers who took the seedlings to the fields earlier are already harvesting or very close to starting. This is the case of Volnei Dessbesell, 55, a resident of Linha Bem Feita. “If the weather cooperates and warms up a bit, I think that at the end of September the harvest can begin”, estimates the farmer. He and his wife, Márcia, 54, planted 70,000 trees, keeping last year's amount. But, if compared to the 2020/21 crop, there are 40 thousand less, a decrease mainly motivated by the lack of manpower. According to information from Emater, the Dessbesells are one of the current 2,425 producing families in Venâncio. They are 23% less compared to 2021/22 (data ...