Soybean planting advances in MS and reaches 30.9%, according to Aprosoja state

The planting of the 2025/26 soybean crop in Mato Grosso do Sul has reached 30.9% of the total estimated area, equivalent to approximately 1.4 million hectares, reported the Mato Grosso do Sul Soybean Producers Association (Aprosoja MS). The southern region leads the sowing, with 40.3% of the area planted, followed by the central region, with 17.7%, and the northern region, with 13.3%, according to a survey by the Siga/MS Project, executed by the entity, with data up until last Friday (17). The pace is slightly below that recorded in the same period of the previous crop, when planting reached 32%, but it exceeds by 10 percentage points the average of the last five years, which is 21%. The progress is mainly attributed to the good volume of rainfall in the southern region, which concentrates the largest cultivated area in the state. "The climatic behavior in the coming weeks will be decisive for the advancement of sowing, especially in the central and northern regions, where soil ...