Value of Agricultural Production is estimated at R$602,8 billion in 2019

Livestock recorded an increase of 4,4%, while agricultural products fell 0,45%. Cotton records an increase of 17,2%

15.07.2019 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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The Gross Value of Agricultural Production (VBP) estimated for 2019, based on information from June, is R$602,8 billion, with a real increase of 1,1% compared to 2018. Livestock had an increase of 4,36 % compared to last year and farming slightly decreased (-0,45%). Revenue is R$398,8 billion in crops and R$204,0 billion in livestock.

“A large group of products has been having better results than last year”, observes the general coordinator of Policy and Information Assessment, José Gasques. Highlights include cotton, 17,2% increase; peanuts, 15,7%; banana, 21,6%; English potato, 119,2%; beans, 72,9%; orange, 11,5%; castor bean, 34,3%; corn, 18,8%; tomato, 20,4%, and wheat, 13,6%. In the group, cotton stands out. Conab in its Bulletin this month highlights that farmers, faced with good pluma prices, invested in this harvest, resulting in a record increase in the planted area, of 36,2%.

Good results have been occurring in beef, pork and chicken, highlights the coordinator. “This improvement is especially due to the favorable international market for meat in the last 12 months”, he noted, citing as a source (Mapa/Agrostat 2019).

Unfavorable performances have occurred with rice (-6,1%), coffee (-24,1%), sugar cane (-8,2%), cassava (-9,4%), soybeans (-13,4 %) and grape (-6,6%). These represent 67% of the value of crop production. In the last 10 years, the rice cultivated area has been reduced by approximately 38%, mainly in rainfed areas. But there was a strong jump in productivity, estimated by Conab at 95% between 2001 and 2018.

In livestock farming, milk and eggs have also shown production values lower than last year.
This harvest, some products have seen sharp increases in real prices. It can be observed in bananas, 18%; English potato, 117%; beans, 70% tomatoes, 27,2%, and chicken meat, 14,1%.

The regional results show, as in previous reports, that the Center West leads the national VBP with an estimate of R$ 174 billion, South R$ 150,6 billion, Southeast R$ 144,9 billion, Northeast R$ 57,7 billion, and North R$36,7 billion.

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