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Brazil: IBGE predicts record crop of 288.1 million tons for 2023, up 9.6% compared to 2022

Brazil
Published Nov 9, 2022

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The first forecast of national production of grains, cereals, pulses and oilseeds for 2023 is for a record harvest of 288.1 million tons, up 9.6% (or 25.3 million tons more) compared to 2022. In October, the estimated production of cereals, pulses and oilseeds for 2022 should total 262.8 million tons, 3.8% (or 9.6 million tons) higher than that obtained in 2021 (253.2 million tons).

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tonnes) and 0.3% (or 898,911 tonnes) above the September estimate. The Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA) points out that the area to be harvested is 73.3 million hectares, 6.8% greater than in 2021 (4.7 million more hectares) and 0.1% (51,991 thousand hectares) higher than forecast in September. Rice, corn and soybeans, the three main products of this group, together represent 91.6% of the estimated production and account for 87.1% of the area to be harvested. Shipping to 2021, there were increases of 10.4% in the area of corn (increase of 6.8% in corn 1st crop and 11.7% in corn 2nd crop), 4.8% in soybean and 10. 8% in wheat, with a decline of 2.6% in rice. With regard to production, there were increases of 15.2% for herbaceous seed cotton, 22.6% for wheat and 25.7% for corn, with a reduction of 1.1% for corn in the 1st harvest and a 36.8% increase in corn in the 2nd harvest. There were decreases of 11.5% for soybeans and 8.1% for paddy rice. In October 2022, the ...
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