Brazil: With a storage deficit of 100 million tons per harvest, silos-bags became an alternative
Brazil
Published Mar 30, 2022
Tridge summary
Despite hitting consecutive records in grain production, Brazilian agriculture is facing an old problem: storage deficit, which currently exceeds 100 million tons per harvest, according to a study by consultancy Cogo Inteligência em Agronegócio, released in 2021. In Brazil, only 14% of farms have warehouses or silos.
Original content
A very different reality compared to countries like Canada (85%); United States (65%) and even our neighbor Argentina (40%), according to the Logistic Bulletin of the National Supply Company (Conab). With adequate static storage capacity, the profit of most Brazilian producers would increase by up to 55%. With its use in Brazil established between 2013 and 2014, the storage system through bag silos, or bag silos, has been consolidating itself as an alternative to equate this serious problem of storage deficit, compared to storage systems such as fixed silos. metal or masonry (concrete), or conventional warehouses (sacks). “In comparison with static metallic silos, which are widely used in Brazil, you have a reduction in total costs, implementation and operation, which reaches up to 53%, in the case of soybeans, and up to 60% in corn storage”, explains Jean Prado, agricultural technician and consultant for Pacifil, one of the main manufacturers of bag silos in Brazil. The great ...
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