Prices paid to tomato and sweet potato growers in Brazil rise and rice registers fall

Tomato producers in Paraná are receiving more for the kilo sold. The saladete variety (Italian) registered an 83% increase in prices in September, a trend that continues in October. With the harvest practically finished in the state, the market is being supplied by the product originating in Goiás and São Paulo, where area reductions were registered due to the discouragement caused by the low prices of last year, which reduced the offer, pressing prices to up. The data are part of a monthly study carried out by the Regional Superintendence of Conab in Paraná. Sweet potato is another product that became more expensive in the last month, with an increase close to 26% per kilogram sold. The adverse climate impacted the production of one of the main producing regions of this root, the interior of São Paulo. The occurrence of frosts, in June and July, and the lack of rain compromised the crops that were harvested in mid-August and September. The lower offer raised prices, which should ...