The scenario of low grain prices, combined with rising costs for agriculture, especially fuels and fertilizers – a consequence of the war in the Middle East – is a one-off and the agricultural machinery and technology sector “thinks long-term”, said this Wednesday, 1st, the president of Agrishow, João Carlos Marchesan.
The executive, who is also first vice-president of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Association of Machinery and Equipment Industry (Abimaq), participates, this morning, in a press conference to present the 31st Agrishow, which will be held between April 27th and May 1st, in Ribeirão Preto (SP).
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“Agribusiness does not stop, no matter the situation we are living in, nor the current global situation”, reinforced Marchesan. “We have to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner every day.” He recalled that the sector must overcome the current “adverse scenario”. “We have been through situations like this and we will go through this one too; this is no time for pessimism.”
Also present at the press conference, the president of the Abimaq Agricultural Machinery and Implement Sector Chamber (CSMIA), Pedro Estevão, agreed that the moment is “challenging” for the agricultural equipment segment. Even so, “conjuncturally”, Estevão said that Brazil would need to increase the planted area, over the next seven years, between 12 million and 15 million hectares to increase food exports by 40%. “In other words, structurally, if we look ahead, we are fine.”
It is important to remember, highlighted the CSMIA representative, that, despite the current scenario, the machinery sector “always looks at the medium and long term”. “The industry does not plan for one, two years, but for a much longer period of time, decades.” He said that, although the market has currently become “a little more difficult”, the agricultural machinery and equipment sector “does not stop making investments in production and productivity, nor do farmers”. Therefore, he adds, there is “optimism” regarding this year’s fair in Ribeirão Preto.
For the president of the Brazilian Rural Society (SRB), Sérgio Bortolozzo, the time is to “react, roll up our sleeves and go forward”.
