Brazil: Few black beans, carioca, and cowpea are a concern

Information released by the Brazilian Institute of Beans and Pulses (Ibrafe) indicates that the bean sector has little availability of the “black”, “carioca” and “caupi” varieties, which ends up worrying the market. According to Marcelo Lüders, president of the Institute, the situation for packers is not good. “For packers, the situation is becoming very delicate. If being between producer and supermarket is never good, now, then, it's not even said. Beans breaking a price record for the period and so far there has been no talk of a rise in retail. By keeping R$ 425 in the interior yesterday, some producers, very rare, by the way, did not sell”, he comments. In addition, he claims that packers continue to distribute the quota and study supermarkets to coldly analyze the situation. However, from December it is possible that a larger volume can be harvested and, this, added to the holidays and the "stop" time for the world cup, end up being a positive point for the sector, making ...