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Grain loading facilities of Caramuru's warehouse 39 in the port of Santos, the largest commercial port in Brazil.

Soybeans being moved as more arrive are piled behind stockpiles that feed into the underground conveyor belts that deliver grain to ships for export. Soybean harvest was over in February in Mato Grosso, but grain transport infrastructure has not been able to keep up with expanding grain production. I was told that grain is not stored here for more than a month, and grain prices triple between when they leave storage facilities in Mato Grosso and when they arrive here, due to high transportation costs, primarily done by truck. Today the ship Earnest Sky from Panama was being topped off with 81,750 metric tons of corn being exported to Indonesia.

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Grain loading facilities of Caramuru's warehouse 39 in the port of Santos, the largest commercial port in Brazil. <br /> <br /> Soybeans being moved as more arrive are piled behind stockpiles that feed into the underground conveyor belts that deliver grain to ships for export. Soybean harvest was over in February in Mato Grosso, but grain transport infrastructure has not been able to keep up with expanding grain production. I was told that grain is not stored here for more than a month, and grain prices triple between when they leave storage facilities in Mato Grosso and when they arrive here, due to high transportation costs, primarily done by truck. Today the ship Earnest Sky from Panama was being topped off with 81,750 metric tons of corn being exported to Indonesia.

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