Corn harvest reaches 79% in Brazil and Conab highlights productivity problems in some states

Published Jul 23, 2024

Tridge summary

The National Supply Company (Conab) of Brazil has reported that the second corn crop for the 2023/24 summer harvest and the second 2024 harvest is being harvested efficiently in several states, with progress at 79.6%, higher than the previous year's progress of 47.9%. However, the harvest faces challenges in São Paulo and Minas Gerais due to unfavorable weather conditions, resulting in lower than expected yields. While some states have already finished their harvest, it continues in Bahia, Piauí, and Maranhão. The crop status includes 0.51% still in grain filling and 19.8% already maturing.

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The National Supply Company (Conab) released its weekly monitoring of Brazilian crops and updated the development stage of corn crops for the 2023/24 summer harvest and the second 2024 harvest in Brazil. The second corn crop continues to be harvested, rising from 74.2% last week to 79.6% of the total cultivated in the country, this index is higher than the 47.9% in the same period in 2023. The states that have already started activities are Mato Grosso (97.7%), Tocantins (95%), Paraná (67%), Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul (62%), Piauí (56%), São Paulo (55 %), Minas Gerais (47%) and Maranhão (44%). Meanwhile, the crops that continue to be developed are divided between 0.51% still in grain filling and 19.8% already maturing. Detailing the development in each state, Conab technicians point out that the harvest is almost finished in Mato Grosso, with productivity remaining high. The harvest also continues to advance throughout the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and is already more than ...

Source: NoticiasAgricolas