03 Nov 2022 ---Brazil’s presidential election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula) has been met by protests that have constrained road shipments of grain, meat and fertilizer across the nation, with mounting speculations that the disruptions to feed distribution could place chicken and pork production at further risk. An extended blockade of these trade routes could cripple the world’s largest agricultural exporter in moving soybeans, corn and coffee to ports. As such, there is a looming threat of empty shelves at supermarkets around Brazil. The supermarket group Abras has reported shortages of some of these products.
