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The landscape of the municipality of Sorriso, in northern Mato Grosso, is marked by immense areas of plantation, pasture fields and few buildings ─ characteristics that make the city of almost 125 thousand inhabitants considered the national capital of agribusiness.
In 2024, the municipality led the country in agricultural production value, reaching R$1.5 billion (R$7.2 billion), driven primarily by soybean cultivation. The oilseed yielded a harvest of 2.08 million tons and represents almost half of Sorriso's total agricultural production value: R$1.5 billion (R$3.3 billion).
Sorriso is also the leader in corn production value (R$ 2.4 billion), in addition to occupying the fourth position for beans (R$ 195.7 million) and sixth for cotton (R$ 1.3 billion). The data are part of the Municipal Agricultural Production, released this Thursday (11) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The survey showed that, last year, the value of the country's agricultural production was R$ 783.2 billion.
Despite the strength of soybeans in Sorriso, the city is not the largest producer of the grain in the country. That title belongs to São Desidério, in western Bahia, which produced 2.09 million tons of the grain, with a value reaching R$3.7 billion. Brazil is the largest soybean producer in the world, with 144.5 million tons in 2024. Of the ten municipalities that lead the ranking in agricultural production value, eight have soybeans as their main crop. The exceptions are Sapezal and Campo Novo do Parecis in Mato Grosso, driven by cotton.
Check out the ten cities with the highest agricultural production value
Source: IBGE
The presence of six Mato Grosso cities on the list reflects the state's power as the country's main breadbasket. Check out the five states with the largest shares of the total value of national agricultural production:
- Mato Grosso: 15.4%
- Sao Paulo: 15.1%
- Minas Gerais: 11.1%
- Rio Grande do Sul: 9.7%
- Paraná: 9.2%
One highlight reported by the survey is that, from 2023 to 2024, the gap between Mato Grosso and São Paulo narrowed. In 2023, Mato Grosso accounted for 18.8% of the value of national agricultural production; and São Paulo, 13.8%. In the space of one year, the 5 percentage point (pp) difference became 0.3 pp.
The IBGE explains that Mato Grosso suffered a decline in soybean and corn production and prices. São Paulo, on the other hand, was boosted by the increase in the production value of oranges, of which it is the leading national producer, and in the value of Arabica coffee, becoming the second-largest national producer. Minas Gerais is the leading coffee producer.
Paraná fell from third to fifth place due to problems with the summer harvest, which was compromised by climate problems.
