Summer corn planting in South-Central Brazil for the 2024/25 season advances and reaches 96.6% of the estimated area

Planting of the 2024/25 summer corn crop in the Center-South of Brazil has reached 96.6% of the estimated area, which corresponds to 3.512 million hectares, according to a survey by the consultancy firm Safras & Mercado released this Friday (29). In states such as Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso, planting has already been fully completed, totaling 886 thousand, 583 thousand, 532 thousand, 28 thousand and 10 thousand hectares, respectively. In São Paulo, the advance was 99.1% in relation to the estimated area of 294 thousand hectares. In Goiás and the Federal District, 98.2% of the projected 290 thousand hectares were planted. In Minas Gerais, the index was 90.5% of the 858 thousand ...