Pietro Schisler on the Brazilian market/ “Soybean difficulties may present an opportunity for pulses”
We chatted to Pietro Schisler, Senior Global Account Manager at Arbaza, about inflated pulse prices, and how climate is reducing yields and creating pulse planting dilemmas for Brazilian farmers.
“In the last year, we’ve focused on the domestic market rather than exports. Domestic prices have skyrocketed by anywhere between 30%-50%”
“Farmers are beginning to prefer to plant soybeans in the first crop and keep pulses back for the second ‘safrinha’ crop – somewhere between 2-5% of farmers are already making this shift.”
“In 2021, Brazil exported 81,000 MT of green mung beans, then in 2022 we exported 45,000 MT. In 2023, the number dropped all the way down to 14,000 MT as a result of changes in the business landscape.”
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