The Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA), the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), and other entities from the productive sector met on June 16 to discuss the expansion of the wheat planting area in the Brazilian Cerrado. Embrapa plans to offer new technologies to increase the competitiveness of wheat crop, with actions to help promote new producers. Jorge Lemainski, the head of Embrapa Trigo, said that the planting area is expected to increase 100,000 hectares by 2023, reducing wheat imports from countries, such as Argentina and Paraguay. “The project will start in the states of Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais and São Paulo and in the Federal District by September 2021, until December 2023”, Lemainski said. According to the National Supply Company (Conab), the southern region has 88% of the Brazilian wheat production area.
Sources: Universo Agro/Datagro (*Translated by Ia Niani)