The Federation of Agriculture and Livestock of Goiás (Faeg) and the Institute for the Strengthening of Agriculture of Goiás (Ifag) estimate in more than R $ 500 million losses for rural producers with nine days of blockade on the roads due to the truck drivers This value refers to the Gross Value of Production (VBP) losses, which measures the estimate of gross sales in the production “inside the gate”.
“Among the main rural production chains affected by the standstill are the activities related to the production of milk, meat (poultry, pigs, cattle and fish), sugarcane and hortifrutigranjeiros”, points out the executive director of Ifag, Edson Novaes.
In the case of sugarcane, Goiás currently has 36 processing plants, of which 25 are not operating. There are about 600 harvesters in the field in every state producing region, as well as tractors and transportation trucks that need diesel to operate. Remembering that the cane harvest occurs in three shifts, 24 hours a day. During the standstill period, there were at least 250,000 tons of sugarcane left to be harvested daily, which would become 9.6 million liters of ethanol and 1.9 thousand tons of sugar.
Regarding hortifrútis, according to the State Department of Supply (Ceasa-GO), about 4,700 tons of vegetables and fruits are sold daily. With the paralyzes this volume registered a reduction of 60%, mainly due to the lack of products from other states. In addition to the shortage of some products, the impacts were also felt in the prices, as in the case of the smooth potato that registered increase of 366% in the last week.
In livestock farming, the most serious impacts occurred in milk production, due to the impossibility of transporting milk from rural properties to the consuming centers. Of the 8 million liters produced daily, about 7 million were discarded on the properties for non-collection. The estimate is that the losses in the gross revenue of the sector reach up to R $ 100 million.
In the case of the state’s meat chains, the greatest impacts were generated due to the delay in slaughtering planned for the period, since according to the Union of Meat and Derived Industries of the State of Goiás (Sindicarne), 18 cold storage plants stand , preventing the slaughtering of more than 35 thousand heads / day, which generate costs and hinder the proper operational planning of properties and industries. Not counting the impacts to the sectors of poultry farming and swine, with bird mortality and with birds and pigs without feed.
For grains, the greatest impacts were felt in the pace of commercialization, with new business blocked due to the impossibility of internal transportation to industries and ports.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.