Brazil: São Paulo grain harvest expected to be 22% smaller, says Faesp

Estimates for grain production in São Paulo in the 2023/24 harvest show a new decline, according to the Grain Harvest Monitoring, prepared by the Economic Department of Faesp. Production, previously estimated at 8.99 million tons, is now estimated at 8.92 million tons. With this adjustment, the expected harvest is consolidated 22.2% or 2.54 million tons lower compared to the previous one. In general, all grain crops in the state of São Paulo suffered a drop in production in this cycle, except for rice, first-crop beans, sorghum and triticale. The negative highlight is soybeans, with a significant drop in production. The current forecast is that 3.65 million tons of the oilseed will be harvested, a drop of 25.6% compared to the previous harvest. Although the area planted with grains in the state remained the same as in the previous harvest, at 2.63 million hectares, the climate problems severely affected crop yields. While in the previous campaign the average productivity reached ...