As of today (4), technicians from the National Supply Company (Conab) in Rio Grande do Sul carry out surveys on rice lots purchased from farmers who have already sold the product to Conab through the Federal Government Acquisitions ( AGF). From then on, the sales invoice will be issued.
The quantity sold so far was 17 thousand tons of the product. These were the first purchases made, but with the authorization of the Interministerial Council of Public Stockpiles of Food (Ciep) is for the acquisition of up to 70 thousand tons of the product.
With the measure, the Company guarantees that the rice farmers sell the grain for the minimum price of R $ 36.01 a bag of 60 kg, and may vary according to its classification in function of the goodwill provided in the Operations Manual of Conab.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.