By Ana Mano<\/p>\n
SAO PAULO, EvDeN eVE naKLiyaT<\/a> Nov 21 (Reuters) – Truckers and other demonstrators protesting the electoral defeat of President Jair Bolsonaro<\/a> are hampering the transport of corn in Mato Grasso state, the heart of Brazil’s farm country, two farmers said on Monday.<\/p>\n Mato Grosso highway police reported 11 demonstrations on Monday morning, with roads blocked or eVdeN eve NAKLiyAT<\/a> partially blocked on four federal highways near farmers and grain processing facilities.<\/p>\n Brazil’s top public prosecutor authorized the governor EvdEn Eve nAKliYat<\/a> of Mato Grosso to mobilize police to clear highways of protesters.<\/p>\n The protests have hampered transport of some corn from farmers to ports and storage facilities, but the quantities could not be determined.The slowdown could have knock-on effects as warehouses need to be emptied ahead of a January soy harvest.<\/p>\n “It’s actually a race against time. Clean the corn warehouses so you can start reaping soybeans,” Mato Grasso farmer Evandro Lermen told Reuters.<\/p>\n The blockades are also delaying deliveries of farm inputs needed for planting of Brazil’s second corn crop early next year, he added.<\/p>\n While farmer Cayron Giacomelli supports the protesters’ cause, he said the blockades have prevented him from moving his corn, and he will not receive payment until he delivers it.<\/p>\n “We give full support to protesters, but we are being harmed,” Giacomelli said.<\/p>\n Demonstrations by truckers and other Bolsonaro supporters started after leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the Oct.30 election. Should you have just about any questions about exactly where and also how you can work with EvDEn eVe nAKliYAT<\/a>, you are able to e mail us on our webpage. He takes office on Jan. 1.<\/p>\n Brazil’s farmers have been a key constituency for Bolsonaro, but not all back continued demonstrations.<\/p>\n Global companies like Cargill, Bunge and Cofco operate in Mato Grosso.<\/p>\n At the southern port of Paranagua in Parana state, a blockade on an access road that backed up trucks on Sunday night was lifted on Monday, according to a port agent and an association representing firms that operate at Paranagua.<\/p>\n They said the there was little disruption to the flow of goods.Authorities are also trying to curtail demonstrations in the states of Santa Catarina, Para and Rondonia.<\/p>\n