It has been said for years that Brazilian soyabean production will surpass the US crop and become the largest in the world. In fact, this has hardly happened yet. But in the 2019/2020 season this should really happen, whether due to the strong fall of the US crop, or the more favorable weather conditions presented in Brazil. In its first official survey for the new season, the National Supply Company (Conab) predicts that the Brazilian soyabean crop could surpass 120 million tons and beat the record of 2017/2018 (119 million tons), on a planted area of 36.5 million hectares. Mato Grosso remains the main producer of grain in the country with a production of 33.1 million tons, 2% more than the previous crop. The fight for second position will be fierce between Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul which should produce 19.2 million tons and 18.3 million tons, respectively. Paranaans must even recover from losses last season, when they harvested only 16.2 million tons.
Source: Canal Rural