Brazil agribusiness grapples with logistics, infrastructure and technology challenges

A Deloitte survey shows 93% of Brazilian consumers expect to charge electric vehicles at home or work, yet 67% lack a home charger, highlighting a pressing need for expanded public and residential charging infrastructure.

The Movimento Azul initiative warns that operational inefficiencies – idle trucks, excessive manual handling and low technology use – add hidden costs equivalent to about 15.5% of Brazil’s GDP, stressing the importance of productivity improvements and safer working conditions.

At the 2nd Cotton Day Santos, industry leaders emphasized that 85% of Brazil’s cotton relies on road transport and the Port of Santos handles roughly 95% of exports, creating a bottleneck that could curb the sector’s record‑breaking 2026 harvest without urgent upgrades to ports, rail and logistics regulation.

Despite advances in precision agriculture, experts say pesticide application still suffers from poor integration of available sensors, drones and remote‑sensing tools, leading to losses from drift and sub‑optimal practices.

Rabobank’s AgroInfo 2026 report links global geopolitics and tariff shifts to volatility in soybean, corn and meat markets, noting that a stronger real and rising freight costs may erode Brazil’s competitiveness.

Finally, analysts stress that Brazil’s reliance on imported fertilizers—about 85% of its use—exposes producers to currency and geopolitical risks, making large‑scale investment in domestic biotechnological capacity a strategic priority for the sector’s long‑term resilience.