Brazil: Minas Gerais production of carioca beans drops 25%
Dried Pinto Bean
Brazil
Published Sep 14, 2022
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The state of Minas Gerais is no longer the largest Brazilian producer of carioca beans, informs Marcelo Lüders, president of Ibrafe (Brazilian Institute of Beans and Pulses). According to him, the miners simply reduced the area planted with this variety so much that they lost their position to the people of Mato Grosso.
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“An interesting fact that appears now with more intensity is that Mato Grosso assumed in this third harvest the position of second largest producer of carioca beans. Not because the area increased, but because Minas decreased so much that it dropped from first to third, with a 25% reduction in production, while Mato Grosso decreased 1% and Goiás 2.2% production of this variety. And so the production goes down”, says the leader. BUSINESS Also according to Marcelo Lüders, there was greater demand from buyers, especially from the northeast of Minas Gerais. “The volume of business reported in that state was small, according to brokers in that state, because in some cases producers are not even answering the phone. As they are the biggest producers, they can wait and have a very accurate view of the market”. “In Goiás, in the Vale do Araguaia region, a large volume was sold, around 20,000 ...
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