Brazil: Soybean harvest and safrinha corn planting are slow in Parana

Wet weather continues to slow the soybean harvest progress in the state of Parana in southern Brazil. Farmers in Parana had harvested 17% of their 2022/23 soybeans as of earlier this week compared to 42% in 2020 and 50% in 2019 according to the Department of Rural Economics (Deral). This represents an advance of 10% for the week. The harvest is especially slow in the west-central part of the state. As farmers finish harvesting their soybeans, many plant a second crop of corn. The safrinha corn planting was 26% earlier this week compared to 12% last week. Safrinha corn was 28% planted in 2021, 61% in 2020, and 73% in 2019. The ideal planting window generally closes about the end of February, but planting continues into March in the northern part of the state. Deral reported that 55% of the safrinha corn was germinating and 45% was in vegetative development. The safrinha corn is rated 1% poor and 99% good. The consulting firm AgRural estimates that more than 50% of the safrinha corn ...