Agriculture Bulletin points out that soybean planting already reaches almost 5.6 million hectares in Brazil

The final phase of soy planting, the climatic difficulties faced by various crops, including corn, cassava and soy itself, and the fluctuation in the prices of some products are addressed in the Weekly Bulletin of Agricultural Conjuncture, for the period December 3rd to 9th. The document was prepared by technicians from the Department of Rural Economy (Deral), from the State Secretariat for Agriculture and Supply. Soybean seeds already take over practically the entire extension of 5.63 million hectares foreseen for the 2021/22 harvest. But the worry has been constant in recent years, given the dry and hot weather, and it's no different now. Most crops (56%) are in the vegetative development stage, 35% are in flowering, 9% in fruiting and only 1% is still germinating. According to Deral technicians, 83% are in good condition, 15% are average and 2% are bad. Planting of the 1st harvest potatoes is also almost complete in the 15,100 hectares foreseen. Harvesting has started and ...