Brazil: Grain production may increase 15% in the 2022/23 cycle
Brazil
Published Apr 14, 2023
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Photo: CNA / Wenderson Araujo / Trilux / Agência Brasil Grain production in Brazil in the 2022/23 cycle is estimated at 312.5 million tons, an increase of 40.1 million tons when compared to the 2021/22 period. The high is 15%, according to the National Supply Company (Conab). This Thursday (13th), the agency released, in Brasília, the 7th Grain Harvest Survey, the moment in which producers enter the final phase of harvesting first-crop crops. Regarding the planted area, Conab expects growth of 3.3%, with the incorporation of 2.5 million hectares, reaching 77 million hectares used. “The good performance is explained not only by the increase in area, but also by the improvement in the productivity of crops such as soy, corn, cotton, sunflower, castor bean and sorghum. However, the consolidated result still depends on climate behavior, a preponderant factor for the development of second and third harvest crops”, explained Conab. Soy is still the product with the highest volume ...
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