Late planted safrinha corn in Brazil in need of additional moisture
Maize (Corn)
Brazil
Published May 26, 2023
Tridge summary
Dryer weather has encompassed most if not all the safrinha corn area of central and south-central Brazil. There is little rainfall in the forecast for central Brazil with a slight chance of rain this week in south-central Brazil.
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Some of the safrinha corn areas have been dry for about four weeks and there is little rainfall in the forecast. Considering the dryer conditions, the Brazilian corn estimate was left unchanged this week at 125.0 million tons. The early safrinha corn harvest started last week for corn that was planted after irrigated soybeans were harvested in Sorriso in central Mato Grosso. Irrigated soybeans are generally planted the first day allowed, so they are the first harvested as well. The early planted corn had beneficial weather during most of its development, so yields should be good, in the range of 120 to 130 sacks per hectare (114 to 124 bu/ac). The recent dryer weather could trim the yields of the later developing safrinha corn. The safrinha corn in Parana was 33% in vegetative development, 36% pollinating, 30% filling grain, and 1% mature as of earlier last week according to the Department of Rural Economics (Deral). The corn was rated 8% average and 92% good. In the municipality ...
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