The first half of 2020 ended with positive results for Brazilian soy producers, according to a survey carried out by Consultoria DATAGRO. Considering the price behavior in the period in four main trading centers in the country, the values in reais were 27% to 29% higher than in the same period of the previous year, when the results had already been representative. “In the analysis so far, quotations guarantee positive income results for most producers. Except for those who had more pronounced losses due to the climate, where we can highlight Santa Catarina and, especially, Rio Grande do Sul. As prices gradually and almost linearly advanced, the flow of sales also followed this pace, with producers correctly taking advantage of each observed price peak, says Flávio Roberto de França Junior, coordinator of DATAGRO Grains. In the profitability analysis, which is the gross ratio between the average revenue obtained and the cost of production, the sector also managed to maintain a positive scenario for the fourteenth consecutive year, even with results superior to those of the previous year, since there is no chance of reversal until the end of the year with sales above 90%. In spite of the increase in production costs in some states, most of the markets had an advance in average productivity in relation to the past harvest.
Source: Universo Agro / DATAGRO