Major Crops
Soybeans, sugar cane, corn, wheat, rice, coffee
Potash (2007E)
0.7 MMT Production |
0 MMT Exports |
6.7 MMT Imports |
7.4 MMT Demand |
Brazil Today...and Tomorrow
In the past decade, Brazil has emerged as an agricultural powerhouse – a virtual supermarket to the world. The ready availability of land, water and labor to increase crop and meat production has driven up exports to the European Union and the United States, but soaring demand in China has fueled much of Brazil's export growth. Benefiting from strengthening global crop prices, lower production costs and advanced farming techniques, it has become the world's number one exporter of sugar, ethanol, coffee, orange juice, tobacco, beef and poultry. The agri-food sector accounts for nearly a third of the country's GDP.
Future growth in Brazilian agriculture will rely on potash as soils in most key growing areas are potassium-deficient.
