Grain of the year 2023 by the UN, millet culture advances in Brazil

Brazilian farmers are on their way to completing the grain millet hybrid harvest, a crop that was in high demand this season due to the lengthening of the soybean harvest. Pearl millet has a set of characteristics that optimize producers' resources, as it has a lower water requirement than corn and sorghum and produces high quality grains with market liquidity. Millet had a favorable scenario in this crop due to its planting period, which runs from the beginning of February to March 10th. As soybeans had a longer cycle, it was risky for farmers to plant second-crop corn after February 25th. “We usually say that where corn is a risk, millet is a profit”, says Dienaro Bastos Spanholi, commercial manager at ATTO Sementes, the leading company in the production of millet seeds in Brazil. Planting maize after February 25th is very risky due to reduced rainfall. Millet, on the other hand, is a crop that tolerates water stress, producing well for the farmer. ATTO Sementes has the ADRg ...