Heavy rains forecast for the coming days is expected to support sugarcane production in southern and central Brazil and improve soil moisture for coffee and cereals.
Brazil’s National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) said that the leading sugar producer, São Paulo state, as well as other major sugarcane areas such as Mato Grosso do Sul and Goiás, will receive up to sixty millimeters of rain in the coming days, with more expected in the second half of August.
The extra moisture will disrupt the harvest but will help the development of the sugarcane, which will be harvested later in the season.
The Brazilian television station “Climatempo,” which specializes in weather forecasts, expects the rains to reach the south of Minas Gerais state, the main coffee-growing region, and improve soil moisture, which has been below the historical average.
The rains would hamper the current coffee harvest but are considered key to improving next year’s crop prospects. Most coffee flowers appear in September, after the first rains of the wet season.
Paranaá, the second largest state in corn and soybean production, will receive more than one hundred millimeters of rain, according to “Inmet,” which is a positive development as the state prepares for seeding.
Abundant rains are also expected in the Midwestern states, including the number one grain producer, Mato Grosso state.
With information from Latina Press
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