Many cotton growers are converting more land to maize or soybean whose prices make them more profitable
although this move is not observed in all states and restrained by the need to comply with pre-sold amounts of cotton. Some growers are yet requesting that the Government should do something to prevent further cotton decrease.
Source: Cotonicultor subtitui lavoura por soja e milho. By Priscilla Machado, DCI, 11/02/2008
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