2025: one of the most difficult years for Rio Grande do Sul agriculture, indicates FecoAgro/RS

The Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (FecoAgro/RS) presented its 2025 balance and the outlook for 2026 in the sector. According to the president of the entity, Paulo Pires, the year was marked by drought, losses in crops such as corn and soybeans, a drop in income in the countryside, and difficulties in accessing official credit. The entity also projects that the next summer crop may represent a partial relief for the producer, if the climatic conditions remain favorable. In detail, the leader observes that talking about agriculture in the State "is not easy" and that 2025 repeated recent adverse conditions. He recalls that there were again problems of drought, affecting important crops. "The corn crop in the dryland already showed not as much damage as in other years, there in 2023 and 2022, but it showed some damage," he comments. Soybeans also had significant losses in various regions of Rio Grande do Sul, which worsened the situation ...