The article reports on the progress of Brazil's 2022/23 soybean harvest, which has advanced to 70% of the cultivated area, up from 62% a week earlier and in line with the previous year. The harvest is nearly completed in Mato Grosso and Rondônia, with only the final stages in other states. Attention is now turning to productivity reports from these states to determine the size of the final production. There has been a reduction in the soybean crop estimate by 600,000 tons to 150.3 million tons. The article also mentions that the planting of the second corn crop is on schedule, with 96% of the estimated area for the center-south of Brazil sown as of Thursday.