Los agricultores brasileños han cosechado el 5% del área sembrada de soja en el ciclo 2022/23 hasta el jueves pasado, dijo el lunes la consultora de agronegocios AgRural, 3 puntos porcentuales más que la semana anterior pero aún por debajo de los niveles del año pasado. Al mismo tiempo, en 2022, se había cosechado el 10% de los campos de soja brasileños, dijo AgRural, que actualmente espera que la cosecha de esta temporada alcance los 152,9 millones de toneladas, pero ya insinúa posibles recortes de rendimiento en el futuro.
Irregular rainfall has been hurting soybean areas in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, and should lead AgRural to further reduce its yield estimates for the region in upcoming crop updates, the consultancy said in a statement. The harvest delay on a yearly basis, AgRural added, comes as top grain producing state Mato Grosso faces a lack of sunshine in-between rain periods, creating a “winter-like” weather. Fieldwork has also been delayed in other states including Parana. Despite the record output forecast this season, the firm said, the volume harvested so far reached nearly 8 million tonnes, down from 13 million tonnes a year ago, when Brazil faced a crop failure. AgRural’s harvest estimate matches those of other private consultancies, including Patria AgroNegocios and Safras & Mercado, which provided fresh figures on Friday. With the soybean harvest delay, planting of Brazil’s second corn crop was also below last year’s levels, reaching 5% of the expected area as ...