Brazil: With a storage deficit of 100 million tons per harvest, silos-bags became an alternative

Despite hitting consecutive records in grain production, Brazilian agriculture is facing an old problem: storage deficit, which currently exceeds 100 million tons per harvest, according to a study by consultancy Cogo Inteligência em Agronegócio, released in 2021. In Brazil, only 14% of farms have warehouses or silos. A very different reality compared to countries like Canada (85%); United States (65%) and even our neighbor Argentina (40%), according to the Logistic Bulletin of the National Supply Company (Conab). With adequate static storage capacity, the profit of most Brazilian producers would increase by up to 55%. With its use in Brazil established between 2013 and 2014, the storage system through bag silos, or bag silos, has been consolidating itself as an alternative to equate this serious problem of storage deficit, compared to storage systems such as fixed silos. metal or masonry (concrete), or conventional warehouses (sacks). “In comparison with static metallic silos, ...