Brazil soybean planting in 2022/2023 reached 80% of area, less than a year ago

Soybean planting has reached 80% of the area in Brazil, a big jump from 69% last week but still behind 2021 when 86% of the implantation was estimated, agribusiness consultancy AgRural reported Monday.

In the Midwest, one of the central growing regions where planting has virtually ended, erratic rains have worried some producers, even after more rainfall was recorded last week.

“Although the rains were welcome, the volumes and distribution were not enough to relieve all the dry areas,” said AgRural.

In addition, there are still “pockets of low humidity” in the west and north center of states like Mato Grosso and parts of Rondônia, Minas Gerais, and Goias.

AgRural does not expect the situation to threaten crop yield potential as long as these regions receive more rainfall in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, the later calendar states of southern, northern, and northeastern Brazil continue to plant soybeans, according to AgRural.

Brazil is also planting its first, or summer, corn crop, which accounts for about 25% of national production in a given year.

Brazil’s first-crop corn planting has reached 82% of the area in Brazil’s south-central states, up from 70% a week ago and 91% at the same time last year.

In the three southern Brazilian states where planting has finished or is very close to finishing, AgRural said corn is developing well, despite early-season weather problems.

In Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Goias, which have a later planting schedule, conditions are relatively good, despite slightly drier areas on some farms in Minas Gerais and Goias, AgRural said.

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