The Department of Rural Economy (Deral), linked to the State Department of Agriculture and Supply of Paraná (Seab), estimated in its weekly report that the planting of the first crop of 2019/2020 corn in the state reached 80% of the cultivated area. The expectation of the entity is that the total sowed is 336.8K hectares, 6% below the 360K hectares of the 2018/2019 cycle. Crops are divided into 22% in germination phase and 78% in vegetative growth, and 89% of the crop already planted is in good condition, 10% in average situation and 1% in bad condition. The projection of Deral is that this season, the first crop corn reach production of 3.1 million tons, 1% lower volume compared to the previous cycle.
Source: Canal Rural