Agricultural entities submit proposals for the 2025/26 Harvest Plan

The Faep System, together with other agribusiness entities in Paraná, asked the federal government for R$597 billion in rural credit and R$4 billion in subsidies for agricultural insurance for the entire country in the 2025/26 Harvest Plan. These and other requests are included in a document that brings together proposals from the productive sector, sent to the Ministries of Agriculture and Livestock and Agrarian Development and Family Farming.

“Producers from Paraná are already accustomed to contributing every year to the preparation of proposals for the Harvest Plan. The process of strengthening credit and ongoing rural insurance is extremely important, as these are instruments that provide conditions for us to continue in the activity, producing wealth and generating millions of jobs throughout Brazil,” reflects Ágide Eduardo Meneguette, interim president of the Faep System.

In addition to the Faep System, the Federation of Rural Workers and Family Farmers of the State of Paraná (Fetaep), the Organization of Cooperatives of the State of Paraná (Ocepar) and the State Secretariat of Agriculture and Supply of Paraná (Seab) also participated in the preparation of the document containing proposals for the Safra Plan.

The compilation includes requests that are translated into numbers and presents suggestions to improve not only the Safra Plan itself, but also various aspects of Risk Management policies, such as proposals aimed at Rural Insurance and Proagro. The objective of the entities, with this, is to contribute to promoting a more favorable and resilient environment for the development of the agricultural sector.

Controversies involving the Safra Plan

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The federal government has been involved in controversies related to the Safra Plan. The first of these occurred last year. The package of incentives for the production sector is usually announced at the end of June, since the harvest year officially begins on July 1st of each year. In 2024, the federal government announced the investment package on July 3rd, that is, three days after the start of the agricultural calendar, which was harshly criticized by entities in the agricultural sector, including the Faep System.

More recently, in February 2025, the National Treasury suspended the contracting of agricultural credit through the Safra Plan. Agribusiness representative entities, such as the Faep System, quickly reacted and pressured the authorities. The federal government quickly published a Provisional Measure opening an extraordinary credit of approximately R$4.1 billion to resume credit operations on an emergency basis.

Highlights of requests from the Faep System and entities to the 2025/26 Harvest Plan

Minimum Price Guarantee Policy (PGPM)

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• Maintain current minimum prices;
• Strengthen the budget to support wheat marketing;
• Include new products.

Credit for financing and marketing

• Make R$417 billion available for financing and marketing the Brazilian harvest: R$45 billion for the National Program to Strengthen Family Farming (Pronaf); R$72 billion for the National Program to Support Micro and Small Businesses (Pronamp); and R$300 billion for other producers;
• Increase the annual contracting limit from R$ 3 million to R$ 4 million for other producers;
• Raise the limits for financing poultry, pig and fish farming activities operated under an integrated regime not classified as cooperatives from R$ 240 thousand to R$ 500 thousand.

Credit for investment

• R$180.1 billion for investment in the Brazilian harvest in total;
• Increase in the Financing Program for Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems (RenovAgro) from R$7.7 billion to R$10 billion;
• Increase in the National Support Program for Medium-Sized Rural Producers (PRONAMP Investimento) from R$1.5 billion to R$1.4 billion, including rural tourism activities.

Agriculture Modernization and Natural Resources Conservation Program (Moderagro)

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• Increase resources from R$ 3.0 billion to R$ 3.6 billion;
• Have a limit of R$400,000 for the acquisition of animals.

Program to Incent Technological Innovation in Agricultural Production (Inovagro)

• Increase from R$ 3.5 billion to R$ 4.5 billion;
• Exclude the requirement that the project be limited to the energy demand of the installed activity.

Program for Construction and Expansion of Warehouses (PCA and PCA up to 6000 tons)

• Increase from R$ 7.8 billion to R$ 11.5 billion;
• Increase credit limit from R$200 to R$250 million for warehouses with capacity above 6 thousand tons;
• Include the storage of refrigerated products of animal and vegetable origin;
• Include the acquisition of used warehouses.

Rural risk management

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• Provide in the PAP 2025/2026, the release of R$$ 4.0 billion for the Rural Insurance Premium Subsidy Program;
• Implementation of a differentiated subsidy for predominant crops in each region, such as soybeans, corn and wheat, which are more vulnerable to adverse weather events;
• Transfer the PSR budget to the cash register of official credit operations managed by the National Treasury Secretariat, 2OC, with mandatory application.
• Include coverage from the date of sowing and extend until the end of the harvest.

Agricultural Climate Risk Zoning (ZARC)

• Provide resources for Embrapa to carry out surveys and technical studies that support Zarc – Management Levels.

Access here the document of proposals for the 2025/26 Harvest Plan.