The planting of the 2018/19 soybean crop in Brazil reached 8.4% of the estimated area, considering the date of October 05, against 4.7% of the same period of the previous cycle, according to a survey by DATAGRO grain analyst Flávio Roberto de França Júnior. At the close of the previous week (09/28), the percentage was 5.4%.
According to France Júnior, Paraná leads the planting, with 35% of the area planned for the state already sown, followed by Mato Grosso with the percentage of 8.7%. Mato Grosso do Sul and Goiás, respectively, with 5% and 2%, appear next.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.