Mato Grosso approaches a historic cotton harvest

The 2024/2025 cotton crop in Mato Grosso is heading for historic results. The state is the largest producer of the fiber in the country. According to the September 1, 2025 report from the Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics (IMEA), the average productivity of the cycle was estimated at 308.08 arrobas per hectare, which represents 5.61% above the previous crop. If confirmed, it will be the second highest average productivity in the historical series. The good performance is related to off-season rains, which prolonged the crop cycle. "We had, in the main producing regions, a condition of rain at decisive moments," explained the researcher in Plant Technology from the Foundation for Support to Agricultural Research of Mato Grosso (Fundação MT), Daniela Dalla Costa. Although the atypical rains, recorded in May and June, affected some few crops that already had open bolls, in most of the cultivated area they resulted in increased productivity. This was what happened in the ...