Brazil: Soybean planting in Paraná advances to 93% of the area, crop condition slightly worsens

SÃO PAULO (Reuters) - Soybean planting in Paraná reached 93% of the total projected area in the State, an increase of nine percentage points compared to the previous week, despite heavy rains on some days in the last period, reported the Department of Economy Rural (Deral) this Tuesday. The State government body indicated that the work is 1 percentage point ahead of the index from the same time last year, but below the percentage recorded in 2021 (97%). Crop conditions worsened slightly. Now 87% of the area is in good condition, versus 88% last week and 93% at the same time in 2022, when the State harvested a record harvest. According to Deral, currently, 11% of crops are in average condition and 2% are in poor condition. Despite the slight decline in the condition of the crop, the problems caused by the rains were occasional, said the technical and economic manager of the Organization of Cooperatives of Paraná (Ocepar), Flávio Turra. "The soybean harvest is practically normal in ...