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Brazil Potash CEO Matthew Simpson told a Brasília seminar that Brazil's heavy reliance on imported fertilizers leaves agribusiness exposed to geopolitical conflicts and trade restrictions. He called for expanding domestic potash production to cut supply risks.
Brazil imports most of its fertilizer, so supply shocks feed directly into higher input costs for its feed and grain producers. Domestic potash expansion would reduce that exposure over the long term but has no near-term price effect.
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