Debilitated by last season's crop losses, Brazilian farmers struggle to sell their grains at the best price possible. After a year of losses, South American grain producers will have to beat the market to ensure good returns in the 2009-2010 harvest.The expectation of 20% I higher productivity in corn, for example, has beenovershadowed by predictions that marketing the crop will be a more difficult task than usual. A large supply of grain in the international market dampens the impact of good prices and makes it harder to compensate for infrastructure deficiencies. In Brazil, which produces 57% of South American grain, problems such as the high cost of transportation are more severe in years of low profit margins.
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