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Agricultural harvest of Brazil drops by 0.4% in 2021, but could have a record in 2022

Brazil
Published Jan 12, 2022

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The national crop fell by 0.4% in 2021, compared to the previous year, after three consecutive periods recording positive numbers. According to the latest estimate from the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), released today (11) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in 2021 production closed with a total of 253.2 million tons. For 2022, the third forecast for this year's crop indicates that the scenario should change and with the forecast volume of 277.1 million tons, it will once again set another record, even with a slight decrease of 0.3% or 0.9 million tons, in relation to the second forecast. According to the manager of LSPA, Carlos Barradas, the result may be favored by the moment in which soy was planted, the main product of Brazilian production. “Unlike the 2021 crop, when there was a delay in planting, in the 2022 crop, soybean, the main product of Brazilian crops, was sown in advance and in an accelerated way, in most producing regions of the country, due to the high volumes of rains throughout the month of October in the South, Southeast and Center-West regions.

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The national crop fell by 0.4% in 2021, compared to the previous year, after three consecutive periods recording positive numbers. According to the latest estimate of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), released today (11) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in 2021 production closed with a total of 253.2 million tons.For 2022 , the third forecast for this year's crop indicates that the scenario should change and with the forecast volume of 277.1 million tons, it will once again set another record, even with a slight decrease of 0.3% or 0.9 million tons, in relation to the second forecast. According to the manager of LSPA, Carlos Barradas, the result may be favored by the moment in which soy was planted, the main product of Brazilian production. “Unlike the 2021 crop, when there was a delay in planting, in the 2022 crop, soybean, the main product of Brazilian crops, was sown in advance and in an accelerated way, in most producing ...
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