Brazil: Agricultural cooperatives from Rio Grande do Sul bet on soybeans to recover losses

With the planting finished in Rio Grande do Sul, the soybean crop can bring encouragement to producers in this harvest. After the break of the previous year, combined with the losses caused in the winter to the wheat crop, the expectation of the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (FecoAgro / RS) is that this period should be normal and that the producer can enjoy the remunerative prices of the grain. According to the president of the organization, Paulo Pires, until now the culture has been developing well, with a slight increase in area according to the surveys of the institutes that carry out these follow-ups. "Even though small, we have a large representation, since 2% are at least 120 thousand hectares, with more than 6 million hectares planted. We have the culture practically planted, if we have something, it is the safrinha in the Missões and Alto Uruguay region, in regions with pivot use. The planting was done within the climatic ...