🌽 Storage bottleneck

Hello! Welcome back to Brazil Agro. This week, we examine a hindrance to Brazil’s agribusiness: lack of storage capacity for its main products. If you have any questions about this newsletter or topics you’d like to see covered in future issues, you can reach me at [email protected] 

Lack of storage capacity haunts Brazilian farmers 

After a year of climate-driven setbacks to soybean and corn harvests, Brazilian farmers are anticipating a strong rebound in 2025. The National Supply Company (Conab) projects record grain output totaling 322 million tons, an 8% increase from last year.

But while the outlook is promising for producers, it underscores a persistent challenge for Brazil's powerful grain farming sector: inadequate storage capacity.

Conab estimates Brazil's current grain storage capacity at 210 million tons, less than 70% of the projected harvest. This shortfall forces many farmers to rely on costly and inefficient stopgap measures, further straining the sector despite its global significance.

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