Soybean harvest reaches 78% of the 2020/21 crop area in Brazil, says AgRural
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The harvest of the 2020/21 soybean crop in Brazil reached 78% of the planted area by Thursday, April 1st, against 83% in the same period last year and 78% in the five-year average, said consulting firm AgRural, in a weekly report.
According to the consultancy, the work is almost finished in Mato Grosso and the final stage in the other main producing states, “all now without significant quality problems due to excess moisture.”
In Rio Grande do Sul, which traditionally has a later season than the rest of the country, the harvest continues to be delayed due to planting done “a little later than normal” and also as a result of sparse rains last week, according to AgRural. “But the expectation is for a great harvest in the state.”
The consultancy estimates soybean production in Brazil’s 2020/21 crop at 133 million tons. The number will be revised in the second half of April.
Source: Isto É
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