Soybean harvest exceeds half the area in Rio Grande do Sul

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to the agency linked to the Rio Grande do Sul government, the oilseed harvest advanced 15 percentage points in the weekly variation. At the same moment of the 2019/20 harvest, the work now reached 81%, while the historical average of five years for the period is 73%.

Despite the delay in general, the agency highlighted that “smaller properties are now closing the activity.” Erechim, Passo Fundo and Frederico Westphalen, according to Emater-RS, are the regions where work is more advanced, at around 70%-80%.

Emater-RS estimates a record harvest of 20.2 million tons of soy this season, which should lead the state to outperfom Paraná and regain the position of second largest producer in Brazil, behind only Mato Grosso.

While soybeans are lagging behind, the pace of the corn summer harvest is ahead of what  has been recorded in the last few years.

With 77% of the areas now harvested, the works surpass the mark of 75% seen in the same period last year and the historical average of 69%, according to the survey.

Last week, the advance was a timid 2 percentage points, since producers have prioritized work with soybeans and rice, but the agency sees signs of positive productivity in some places.

“The crop harvest continues, although less intense … The crops in the southern half of the country show good yields, because they suffered less from the spring drought,” said the organization in an informative report.

As for rice, the harvest in the state of Rio Grande do Sul reached 80% of cultivated areas, an advance of 10 percentage points in the week, exceeding the five-year average (68%) and in line with what happened in the same period last year.

“Weather conditions have enabled another week of progress in the harvest … The crop yield is excellent, favored by the weather and the possibility of irrigation in the dry season,” said the technicians on the main producer state of grain in the country.

Source: Moneytimes

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