COST OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION: COMPARATIVE PROFITABILITY OF WHEAT, SOYBEAN AND CORN CROPS IN THE 20/21 AND 22/23 HARVESTS, IN A PRODUCTION UNIT LOCATED IN AMPÉRE IN THE SOUTHWEST OF PARANÁ

Abstract

The cost of agricultural production in Brazil is a topic of great importance, since the country is one of the main producers and exporters of food in the world. To contextualize this subject, it is necessary to consider several aspects that affect the costs involved in Brazilian agriculture. The study's title is comparative productivity and profitability of the cultivation of soybeans, corn and wheat and its main objective is to verify the effect caused economically, in the crop period that occurred in the 2020/2021 harvests in relation to 2022/2023. To conduct the research, a methodology was used based on a case study, bibliographic, quantitative and deductive, when comparing two intervals and seeking to understand the reasons behind the discrepancies in the efficiency of productivity and profitability, on a property in the municipality of Ampére- PR, demonstrating indicators on production costs for each year in question. Below, the main factors that led to the affected production divergence and, consequently, profitability are analyzed. Despite the adversities, the property achieves satisfactory results due to the appreciation of the cultivar. The result of the study demonstrated that in the 2020/2021 harvest the result was 12.18% higher than in the following harvest.