The area planted with grains should be the largest in the history of the 2017/18 61.6 million hectares. The production of grains must 229.7 million tons, down 3.4% from the previous harvest, despite being the second largest volume ever harvested. The information is from the 9th Survey of Grain Harvest, released today (12) by National Supply Company (Conab).
According to the company, the reduction of 2.9 million tons in Brazil’s grain production is related to the climatic impacts in second crop corn, but it counts on the help of the good yields achieved by the soybean and the first maize crop that already has the harvest near the end.
The highlights in agricultural production in this crop are corn and soybean, the latter responsible for the productive performance and whose harvest progress has confirmed the good productivity of 3,359 kg / ha, close to the past record of 3,364 kg / ha. The legume reaches 118 million and the cereal, 85 million tons. The second maize crop, which accounts for 70% of the total harvest, reached 58.2 million tons, with the first crop accounting for 26.8 million tons.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.