Grains/Conab: Soybean planting from the 2023/24 harvest reaches 97.9% of the area; summer corn has 80.4% of the sown area in Brazil

By Camila Pessôa, special to AE São Paulo, 01/02/2024 - The planting of the Brazilian soybean harvest 2023/24 reached 97.9% of the estimated area in the country as of Sunday (31), reported the National Supply Company (Conab), in a weekly progress survey of harvest. The performance corresponds to an increase of 1.1 percentage points compared to a week ago. There is a delay, however, of 0.5 percentage points in relation to the same period last year, when 98.4% of the area was sown. Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo and Paraná completed planting the oilseed, while Tocantins, Goiás and Minas Gerais were at 99%. The most delayed state was Maranhão, with 65% of planting completed. Summer corn planting in the 2023/24 cycle reached 80.4% of the estimated area for Brazil by Sunday, 6.9 percentage points behind what was reported in the equivalent period of the previous season. Work advanced 4.9 percentage points compared to last week. The implementation of crops ended in São Paulo, ...