Brazil: The National Commission for Cereals discusses new parameters for soybean classification

In a meeting held last Thursday (29), the National Commission for Cereals, Fibers and Oilseeds addressed crucial issues for the sector, including moisture content in soybean classification and the results of grain production costs for the 2023/2024 harvest, raised by the Campo Futuro Project. André Dobashi, president of the Commission, began the meeting by presenting an overview of the discussions regarding the ideal moisture content for soybean classification and the application of premium and discount tables. In addition, the debates on automatic grain classification, an increasingly relevant topic, were updated. During the meeting, Tiago Pereira, technical advisor, reinforced the importance of the Campo Futuro Project, which analyzes grain production costs in the 2023/2024 harvest. Mauro Osaki, consultant at the Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics (Cepea), shared detailed data on the production costs of soybeans, corn, rice and beans. Osaki highlighted that adverse ...