MT concludes soybean planting after pace affected by drought

According to the weekly analysis of the Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural and Livestock Economics (Imea), released on Monday (8), the sowing of soybeans for the 2025/26 crop reached 100% of the 13.01 million hectares projected in Mato Grosso last Friday (5). The weekly advance was 0.31 percentage points. Imea reported that the start of the work occurred at an accelerated pace, "the fastest in the last five years," favored by the accumulated rainfall at the beginning of the period. However, the institute highlighted that the end of October was marked by drought and high temperatures, which raised concerns about the development of the crops. According to Imea, this scenario reduced the pace of activities and kept the indicator below the recent historical average. The Central-South, Northeast, and Southeast regions were the most affected by the irregularity of precipitation, which delayed the completion of ...