The IqPR – an index that measures the variation of prices received by farmers in the state of São Paulo – registered a fall of 0.72% in July 2018, compared to the previous month, according to the Institute of Agricultural Economics (IEA). The products that presented the highest increases were: rice (19.33%), milk (16.13%), banana nanica (7.37%) and orange for industry (5.71%).
The highest declines were recorded by table tomatoes (-33.84%), potatoes (-31.01%), eggs (-18.31%), pork (-12.4%), corn (-9.18%) and cotton (7.43%), says Eder Pinatti, an IEA researcher.
Accumulated in the last 12 months
In the period from August 2017 to July this year, the IqPR showed the highest increase in the month of May (2.17%). The largest fall, (-1.72%) occurred in the month of August. The index showed positive changes in the months of: October and December of last year and throughout the first half of 2018.
The highlights of the period are: maize (53.42%), wheat (47.69%), table orange (34.31%), cotton (24.81%), soybean (21.25%), chicken (20%), peanut (12.46%), beef (11.8%), potato (7.88%), rice raw refrigerated (3.6%);
Negative variations were observed in August, September and November and July 2018. In the analyzed period, they lost value in their quotations: table tomatoes (-42.57%), beans (-27.15%), eggs (-22 , 29%), pork (-15.92%), sugarcane (-7.78%), coffee (-3.20%) and banana nanica (-0.70%).
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.