by Administrador | Oct 13, 2019 | News Articles
First numbers for new crop point to increased soybean production and mention third corn crop The Brazilian crop of 2019/2020 grain should reach 245.8 million tons. The assessment is from the National Supply Company (Conab), which released, on Thursday (10/10), the first numbers for the new cycle, which is in the early stages of planting in Brazil. If confirmed, it will be 1.6% higher than the 2018/2019 harvest, which is now estimated at 241.953 million tons. In the report a month ago, the last for last season, this volume was 242.138 million. “The season 2019/2020 should record the second highest average productivity of the historical series, largely due to the increase in the technological package used by Brazilian agriculture,” analyzes Conab, in the summary bulletin, released on its official website. Unlike reports at this time in previous years, the Company does not adopt upper and lower estimates, using only one number. “The area competition for soybeans and the possibility of cultivation in the second season of the crop explains the decrease in the area of corn first crop. Regarding the planting of the second crop, the expectation is due to the sowing of soybeans, which, occurring within the expected will result in a favorable planting window, “says Conab. According to the technicians, there was a growing trend of planting in the region called Sealba (Sergipe, Alagoas and northeastern Bahia), in addition to Amapá and Roraima. In these regions, sowing is concentrated in a period similar to the northern hemisphere, between May and June, being a third crop of the cereal. In cotton, Conab’s first figures indicate relative stability in...
