According to the Brazilian fertilizer industry expects fertilizer sales in Brazil after three consecutive years of rapid growth is expected in 2014 will continue to grow , but the growth rate will be somewhat lower than in 2013 . There is expected to show that the Brazilian fertilizer sales in 2013 was 30.9 million tons . Sales are expected to reach 31.5 million tons in 2014 , an increase of 3 % compared to 2013 , lower than the 2013 growth rate of 4.6% .
Brazilian farmers increased soybean acreage in 2013 , corn acreage is also a record . Agricultural sales price is close to the highest since the past few years , so farmers planted achieved a higher efficiency in 2013 , and this will make them increase the amount of fertilizer in 2014 .
While fertilizer sales affected the overall agricultural income . 2013 , due to the increase in agricultural production and higher prices of soybean , sugar cane and corn and other factors, net farm income in Brazil grew by 12 %. In the first half of 2013 the price of corn is ideal , but due to record-breaking corn acreage , and U.S. corn acreage also exceeded expectations, the price of corn fell sharply in the second half . Increase the effectiveness of soy and rice cultivation , is expected to make the Brazilian Agricultural net income in 2014 increased by 8% . 35% of the soybean fertilizer total sales of fertilizers in Brazil , Brazilian soybean producers association expects 2014 revenue is expected to grow soybeans in Brazil by 15% , while in 2013 this data was 22 %.
Brazil, 70% of the fertilizer is imported, international fertilizer prices from mid- 2013 began to decline , but the Brazilian currency was also partially offset by weakness in fertilizer price drop has brought positive.
As the price of agricultural products , agricultural input prices and the exchange rate are in dynamic change , the Brazilian measure effectiveness farming practice is usually calculated by calculating the unit cost of production inputs and grains . In August 2013 , the purchase of one ton of fertilizer needs 70 bags of maize ( 60 kg per bag ) , and by November , the purchase of the same weight of only 65 bags of maize fertilizer . Commodity prices and exchange rates caused confusion This method of calculating the cost of inputs to avoid constantly changing.