Expointer 2025: Rio Grande do Sul should see a 27.30% increase in soybean and corn production compared to the previous harvest.

Published Sep 2, 2025

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On the morning of this Tuesday (2/9), Emater/RS-Ascar presented the initial estimates for the 2025/2026 summer grain crop, during the traditional coffee with the press, at the Arena da Extensão, in Expointer. According to the initial survey, Rio Grande do Sul will have a production of 35,328,754 tons, which means 27.30% more compared to the previous crop, which registered 27,752,455 tons of grains, including soybeans, rice, corn, silage corn, beans, and sorghum.

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Highlight for corn grain, which is expected to show an increase in area of 9.31%, going from 718,190 hectares cultivated in the previous crop, to 785,030 hectares for this crop. The productivity calculated by the trend is 7,376 kilos of corn per hectare, a decrease of 0.03% compared to the productivity of the previous crop, which was 7,378 kilos of corn per hectare. These projections generate an expectation of production of 5,789,995 tons, that is, an increase of 9.45% above the 5,290,051 tons of corn produced in the previous crop. Soy also has a positive estimate For soybeans, the main commodity cultivated in the State, the projected production is 21,440,133 tons, an increase of 57.14% from the previous crop, which was 13,643,936 tons of the grain, in an area of 6,742,236 hectares, 0.80% less than in the previous crop, when 6,796,916 hectares were cultivated. The expected productivity is 3,180 kilos of soybeans per hectare this crop, 58.29% higher than the productivity in ...

Source: Agrolink