Brazil post-election roadblocks may eventually hit ag exports, warns farm group

Reuters:

SAO PAULO, Oct 31 – Farmers in Brazil’s biggest farm state are concerned that agricultural exports could be affected by road blockades by truckers protesting the result of Sunday’s election, the head of a state farm lobby told Reuters on Monday.

Normando Corral, president of farm group Famato, said the roadblocks in the top grains-growing state of Mato Grosso, could disrupt agricultural shipments if they persist. One of the state’s main export this time of year is Brazil’s winter corn crop, which is planted after soybeans are harvested

“It’s too soon to say if it’s going to interfere with the flow of production, because the blockades started yesterday,” Corral said. “I don’t know how long it will last.”

President Jair Bolsonaro has not made public remarks about his electoral defeat more than half a day after electoral authorities confirmed the victory of his leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.