Rural indebtedness worries and CNA advocates for improved credit

The Confederação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Brasil (CNA) participated on Wednesday (3) in the 5th Brasília Summit, promoted by the Grupo de Líderes Empresariais (Lide) and the newspaper Correio Braziliense. The technical director of the entity, Bruno Lucchi, spoke on the panel "Contracts, credit, and guarantees: how to increase legal confidence in rural operations." During his presentation, Lucchi highlighted that rural producers are experiencing a critical moment in terms of indebtedness. According to him, in recent years, all negative factors have acted simultaneously on agricultural production, further worsening the scenario in the countryside. He cited the sharp drop in the price of commodities as one of the main elements that pressured the sector and recalled that the bag of soybeans, for example, reached R$ 210 in 2021, and is currently close to R$ 110. "This drop was abrupt and has remained until today. If we bring in the climatic issues, which have affected the South of ...