The first 2021/22 corn crop in Paraná is expected to produce 4.1 million tons, an increase of 32% when compared to last year. This is one of the highlights of the Agricultural Conjuncture Bulletin in the week of August 27 to September 3. Favorable weather conditions made the beginning of the corn crop possible. The area is still small (14.5 thousand hectares) and represents only 3% of the estimated total extension. There is great hope, however, that the production will jump from 3.1 million tons to 4.1 million. If this is confirmed, productivity can be 9,700 kilograms per hectare, almost close to the record of the 2019/20 crop (10,000 kilograms per hectare). As the first 2021/22 crop begins to take shape, producers have also advanced with the second 2020/21 crop, which was supposed to end in September. About 82% of the estimated area of 2.5 million hectares has been harvested so far.
Sources: Universo Agro/DATAGRO (*Translated by Ia Niani)