Even with several records of intense water stress in the main producing state (Goiás), sorghum cultivation in Brazil remains in expressive ascendancy. The projection of the National Supply Company (Conab), made in its last grain bulletin on September 8, 2022, points out that cereal production in the 2021/2022 harvest will be 35.6% higher than the previous harvest, surpassing the house of 2.8 million tons. This advance required an increase in planted area of only 19.4% from one harvest to the next. Confirming these numbers, sorghum production in Brazil will have grown 75% in 12 years in the country, from 1.6 million/t in the 2009/2010 harvest to 2.8 million/t in the 2021/2022 cycle.
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“Producing more in a smaller area shows progress in productivity, that is, it clearly reveals that the producer is adjusting technology and choosing cultivars with more criteria to obtain increasingly better results”, says Willian Sawa, executive director of Latina Seeds, a reference in sorghum. in Brazil. In Mato Grosso, Conab observed “a significant increase in area” and an average productivity of 2,708 kg/ha. According to the company, the most growing use of sorghum is as a substitute for another cereal: corn. This happens especially on properties that avoid the risk of entering this crop outside the recommended window, since sorghum has the advantage of being more tolerant of water scarcity compared to other commercial crops planted on land in Mato Grosso. In Mato Grosso do Sul, Conab registered more than 80% of harvested areas with “productivity above expectations, surprising technicians who still have little experience with the cereal”. The company informs that the price of ...
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