Agrishow cancels opening ceremony after controversy – 04/29/2023 – Market

The organization of Agrishow (International Fair of Agricultural Technology in Action) announced this Saturday night (29) the cancellation of the traditional opening ceremony of the event, after the controversy involving the “disinvitation” of Minister Carlos Fávaro (Agriculture) to not attend to the act, which would be attended by former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL).

The main agricultural technology fair in Latin America, Agrishow faces a crisis with the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) since last Tuesday (26th), when there was a conversation between the president of the fair, Francisco Matturro, and Favaro.

The minister said he felt “uninvited” when he received the suggestion to participate in the Agrishow on Tuesday (2), when there will be a meeting of the FPA (Parliamentary Front for Agriculture), one day after the official opening, which was scheduled for 11 am on Monday (1st).

Confirmation of the cancellation of the ceremony was made to Sheet by Matturro.

After the initial discomfort, the federal government threatened to cancel Banco do Brasil’s sponsorship of the fair, which has been held since 1994 in Ribeirão Preto (313 km from São Paulo) and is the most important in the agricultural sector in the country.

The forecast for this year is to negotiate more than the R$ 11.243 billion registered in 2022 in sales of agricultural, irrigation and storage machines (R$ 11.77 billion, in inflation-adjusted values). 190 thousand visitors are expected.

According to a statement from the organizing entities, which was not sent to the press, but to exhibitors, the decision was taken “due to all the repercussions generated by the opening ceremony”.

“[As entidades] They chose not to hold the opening ceremony of the fair, scheduled for May 1st, at 11am. Agrishow maintains its tradition of being the sector’s main showcase, presenting the most modern technology for agribusiness”, says an excerpt from the statement, which asks visitors to keep their schedules to learn about technological innovations for agribusiness .

The journalist traveled at the invitation of New Holland