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The appreciation in grain prices – especially soybean meal and corn, which are two of the main inputs for meat agribusinesses – has been increasing production costs for the manufacture of animal protein, in an upward spiral that should continue to be passed on to the consumer, warned, last Thursday (5), leaders and experts in the sector, during a panel of the second edition of the online event “Opening of Harvest Grains: Soy, Corn and Cotton”, organized by DATAGRO, and which will be extends until Friday (6).
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In a panel moderated by the director of Institutional Relations at Minerva Foods, João Sampaio, the president of ABCS, Marcelo Lopes, said that the demand for pork has been increasing, but that, in fact, the increase in production costs has been punishing the segment, especially the producer. “The price paid to producers for pigs increased by 37% in the 1st half, but feed increased by 72%.”
The president of ABPA, Ricardo Santin, endorsed the concern about the increase in production costs for the manufacture of pigs and broiler chickens. The director considered that the meat segment needs greater predictability in the grain supply flow, which will have an impact on the balance in the prices of these inputs and consequently the final product, with a positive impact on the end of the chain, the consumer.
According to the director, the demand for animal protein exists, both nationally and internationally, with the challenges even converging on the issue of costs and availability of grains, as well as possible health risks, with the arrival of African Swine Fever in the American continent. Recently, an outbreak of the disease was found in the Dominican Republic.
Source: DATA
