Following the upward trend of recent years, Brazilian grain producers are advancing in the harvest and observe the confirmation of an increase in the area sown in the country for the 11th consecutive year. The DATAGRO Consultancy points to an area of 68.88 million hectares for the harvest that will be harvested in 2021, an increase of 3.1% over the 66.85 million hectares of the revised area last year. Production is in line with the expected increase in the area, which sets another record: 273.93 million tons, which, in case of confirmation, represents an increase of 3% over the record harvest of 2020, revised in this survey to 266.78 mln of t. Brazilian cereals had an advance in the planted area in the 2020/21 season, projected at 28.22 mln ha, an increase of 3% over the 27.43 mln ha of the past harvest. Regarding production, the current projection of DATAGRO points to 131.19mt, practically stabilized at 131.41mt from the revised previous season. In the case of corn, the new projection brings an increase of 3% in the planted area, going from 18.98 mi ha to 19.63 mi ha. It is estimated a production of only 105.76mt, 1% lower than the 106.81mt of the record set in 2020. In summer corn, the harvest had a better progress, but continues at a pace below the normal average, concludes consultancy.
Source: DATAGRO