The Coordination of Integral Technical Assistance (Cati) of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Supply of São Paulo announced that it will anticipate the supply of about 320 tons of high quality corn grains in its Seed Production Centers (NPS) and in the Houses of Agriculture (CA). The measure will meet the producers affected by the truck drivers strike.
The commercialized grains do not have potential of germination, however they can be used as food for animals and humans. The Department of Seeds, Seedlings and Matrixes (DSMM) authorizes NPS to refuse all maize seeds that have not been marketed for the 2016/2017 and 2017/2017 crops and to offer them as grains to producers.
The approximately 320 tons are marketed by the 13 NPS of Cati and also by some CAs. They are bags of 20kg in the amount of R $ 0.65 per kilo, below the average price practiced in the whole country.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.