Brazil farmers harvest 53% of soybean-planted area

Brazilian farmers have harvested 53% of the soybean area planted for 2022/23 through last Thursday, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said on Monday, up 10 percentage points from the previous week. At the same time last year, 64% of the Brazilian soy fields had been reaped, said AgRural. In Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, the first harvested areas confirm crop failure due to a severe drought, with yields up to 60% lower than initially expected, according to the consultancy. Soy harvesting delays have pushed back planting of Brazil’s second corn, the data showed. According to AgRural, 81% of the estimated area for the Center-South of Brazil has so far been planted with second corn, against 70% last week and 94% a year ago. Brazil’s second corn is sowed after soy is reaped in the same areas, and represents around 75% of national production in a given year. Second corn sowing work ...