Brazil’s Soybean Harvest Pushes Forward

The soybean harvest in Brazil is 70 percent complete, up nine percent from last week. “The big state of Mato Grosso is about done at 97 percent complete while the slowest state is Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, and five percent of the soybeans have been harvested there, yields continue to disappoint,” said Michael Cordonnier, president, Soybean and Corn Advisor. Brazil’s Safrinha corn crop is 97 percent planted, with recent rains helping to ease dryness in southern regions. However, some farmers in drier areas have shifted from corn to alternative crops like grain sorghum, sesame, or forage. “So now they’ve already reduced the area 90,000 hectares, it might go down a little bit more.”