AgroGalaxy Cuts Losses Shrinks Operations and Faces Harsh

AgroGalaxy Participações S.A., one of Brazil’s largest distributors of agricultural inputs and services, reported a sharp reduction in its adjusted net loss to R$153 million ($28 million) for the first quarter of 2025.

This marks a 38.8% decrease from the R$250 million ($45 million) loss recorded in the same period last year, according to official company filings.

The company’s adjusted EBITDA remained negative at R$58.8 million ($11 million), though this figure improved by R$11.2 million ($2 million) compared to the previous year.

The company’s steep decline in net revenue, which fell 78.6% to R$341.2 million ($62 million) from R$1.6 billion ($291 million) a year earlier, marks its lowest quarterly revenue since its 2021 initial public offering.

This drop reflects the direct impact of AgroGalaxy’s judicial recovery process, which began in September 2024 and received court approval in May 2025.

The company canceled its entire corn safrinha order book, the main business driver for the first quarter, to avoid overcommitting to farmers without guaranteed supply.

This decision resulted in a R$540 million ($98 million) hit to agri-input sales and a R$700 million ($127 million) loss in grain commercialization compared to the previous year.

Management explained that the judicial recovery process disrupted supplier relationships during the critical negotiation period for corn safrinha.

AgroGalaxy had initially booked record orders for 2025, with a potential 30% increase over previous years, but chose to cancel due to supply uncertainty. The absence from the corn safrinha cycle meant the company’s grain operations, which depend on barter transactions, nearly ceased.

Despite the revenue collapse, AgroGalaxy improved its operational margins. The adjusted gross margin for its inputs division rose from 15.6% to 16.8%, driven by changes in product mix and stricter pricing.

Fertilizer sales, which carry lower margins, fell from 39.2% to 20.1% of the mix, while higher-margin crop protection products increased from 25.8% to 60%.

AgroGalaxy Shrinks to Survive

The company cut operational expenses by R$100 million ($18 million), reducing fixed costs by R$67 million ($12 million) through store closures, contract renegotiations, and layoffs.

AgroGalaxy reduced its retail footprint from 169 stores to between 65 and 70, exited three states, and cut 40% of its workforce. The company now focuses on regions with lower climate risk, mainly in the Central-West, North, and parts of the Southeast.

It ended the quarter with R$250 million ($45 million) in cash, the same as last year, but with its financial commitments fully renegotiated.

The court-approved recovery plan, supported by 82.4% of creditors, restructures R$4.6 billion ($836 million) in debt with a grace period of up to three years and amortization over sixteen years.

AgroGalaxy’s first quarter results show a company in retreat, forced to shrink and restructure after years of expansion. The figures reveal a business stripped to its core, focused on survival and operational discipline rather than growth.

The company’s future now depends on its ability to rebuild supplier trust, restore revenue, and execute its recovery plan under strict creditor oversight.