"This makes us very happy. It is a sign that the cooperative system is gaining a more and more important place in the national agricultural scenario. The increase in funding for the movement reflects this precisely; after all, today about 50% of all that is produced in Brazil is, to a certain extent, produced by a cooperative. "
Renato Nobile, superintendent of the Organization of Brazilian Cooperatives (OCB), referring to the 20% increase in specific credit lines for cooperatives.
"Next season, we intend to continue the same levels of output. We believe that the commitment reflected in the Agricultural Plan, to have price equalization auctions, before planting the crops in order to ensure that producers marketing their crops will have prices based on estimated costs, is an excellent initiative that has our support. "
Sergio De Marco, president of the Brazilian Chamber of the Cotton Productive Chain on the Federal Government's incentive policies for the sector, announced in 2007 during Lula's mandate.
"The Itiquira Terminal today ships more than 4 million tons of soybeans and corn per year in Mato Grosso -. We expect this year [2013] we will complete that effort in full, that is, filled with this terminal working at capacity. With this [the Ferronorte project], we gained additional momentum, gained more strength to work."
Dirceu Dias Pereira, business manager of All Logística on the conclusion and the entry into operation of the Ferronorte Itiquira Terminal, an important project for the shipment of grain production in the Center-West of Brazil.