Cyclone ignites alert in the South and may affect soybean planting

Soybean planting has reached almost half of the planted area, with 47.1% of the sowing completed, according to the National Supply Company (Conab). In most of the producing regions, rain has contributed to fieldwork, although attention now turns to the passage of an extratropical cyclone between this Friday (7) and Saturday (8). According to Arthur Müller, a meteorologist from Canal Rural, the alert applies to Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, and southern Minas Gerais. In these states, except for Paraná, the sowing of the oilseed is behind compared to last year and the average of the last five years. Despite the general rainfall scenario being favorable for the progress of soybean planting, the distribution of soil moisture is uneven across the country. While the South and Southeast present good conditions, areas further south of Mato Grosso and northern Mato Grosso do Sul are suffering from a lack of rain. In the Matopiba region, rain has ...