The soyabean harvest of the 2018/19 crop was completed in Paraná last week, the Department of Rural Economy (Deral) of the State Agriculture and Supply Secretariat. Last week, 99% of the crop was harvested. The planted area was estimated at 5,437 million hectares. Deral also reported that the harvest of the first corn crop in Paraná reached 97% of the area forecast, an increase of 1 percentage point in the weekly comparison. Of the total planted, of 358.47K hectares, 100% were in maturation. In addition, 87% of the crops were in good condition; 11%, average condition and 2%, bad condition. As for the second crop of the cereal, 11% of the plantations were in vegetative development, 30% in flowering, 46% in fruiting and 13% in maturation. Of the total cultivated, of 2,233 million hectares, 93% are in good condition and 7% in average condition. Planting of the 2018/19 wheat crop reached 11% of the estimated area, up 7% in the week. The estimated area is 1,022 million hectares. Of the total cultivated, 100% are in good condition. Deral also reported that 70% of the crops were in germination and 30% in vegetative development.
Source: Revista Globo Rural