Brazil: Soybean harvest in Rio Grande do Sul reaches 4 percent of the area; corn goes to 74 percent

SÃO PAULO (Reuters) - The soybean harvest reached 4% of the areas of Rio Grande do Sul in 2022/23, an increase of three percentage points in one week, but with a strong delay compared to previous years and still with insufficient rain for the developing crops, said Emater-RS this Thursday. In the same period of the previous cycle, jobs were at 14% and the historical average is 21%. The crops already harvested present yields between 300 and 3,000 kilos per hectare, informed the state company, in view of the climatic irregularities that occurred in the State throughout this cycle. Most of the areas are in the grain filling phase, 52%, when there is still a need for rain to define the yield and the scenario remains adverse. “In the period between 03/13 and 03/19, there was again insufficient rainfall in most of the state, which, in this final stretch of production, could compromise grain filling and consequently productivity”, said Emater in a report. For corn, the technical ...