With the new coronavirus pandemic, the crisis affects the economy and industries. In Brazil, beef production, for example, the commerce is already starting to feel the fall in the crisis, especially the "noble meat".
In Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), the region with the highest participation in the slaughter of beef, three slaughterhouses in the state have already given general holidays this week. In the country or in 4 days, the price of beef arroba rose 3.5%.
The crisis in the economy with the pandemic, arrives in the refrigerator sector
The economy depends on all sectors, for example with the lack of meat, other sectors that need meat suffer. Although with the fridge closed, some restaurants, hotels and bars, which need meat to keep running, have also closed the establishments, one depends on the other.
The free fairs, created to help small and medium-sized traders, with changes in prices and demand, still maintain stability.
Normality continues for corn and soybeans, even with difficulties with the logistics caused by contact, in the pandemic, frozen products are still in great demand. Livestock suppliers became apprehensive, due to the rise in corn and its derivatives.
Therefore, if these values continue to rise, the inputs that maintain demand for animals may fall. Beef production at the beginning of this year 2020, reached an increase of 18.3%.
A measure published by the European Commission defines that the agri-food chain must maintain a flexible form, in order to avoid the circulation of the virus among working employees. This measure is scheduled for two months and can be postponed, depending on the situation.
Therefore, with the pandemic in the world, the demand for products in agribusiness, mainly, will be affected with the crisis, countries need to invest money in health and maintain the population. The concern about the contact and proliferation of the virus, cut the relationship and some products become more expensive due to the economy of supply and demand.
