Purchasing power of pig farmers in São Paulo declines in February.

Average live pig prices in February registered sharp declines compared to January. In the SP-5 region (Bragança Paulista, Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo and Sorocaba), the drop during the period was a significant 16.1%, the most intense since January 2022, when the devaluation reached 21%, according to monitoring by Cepea/Esalq-USP. The sharp devaluation of live pigs has repercussions on the producer's purchasing power. In February, with the sale of one kilogram of live animal, the São Paulo pig farmer could buy 3.75 kilograms of soybean meal (the lowest volume since July 2024) or 6.11 kilograms of corn (the lowest since April of last year).

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.