The 2025/26 bean crop in Paraná is expected to decrease.

Paraná, the largest producer of beans in the country, is expected to register a minimum reduction of 100 thousand tons in the productive potential for the 2025/26 cycle. According to the Agro-Economic Conjuncture Bulletin released this Thursday (18) by the Department of Rural Economy, from the State Secretariat of Agriculture and Supply, the current estimate is 745 thousand tons, considering the state's three harvests. After two consecutive years with production above 800 thousand tons, the decline is mainly associated with the impact of prices on the cultivated area. "The main element for the reduction in production is the prices, which directly influenced the decision of the producers," points out the Deral. In the first harvest, known as the water harvest, the planted area declined by 38%, going from 168 thousand hectares in the previous cycle to 104 thousand hectares. Initially, the expectation was for production exceeding 200 thousand tons, however, adverse climatic ...