The Secretary of State for Agriculture and Supply and the Institute of Rural Development of Paraná – Iapar – Emater is encouraging the use of areas for planting wheat in winter. The note released by the Secretary includes the most suitable cultivars and aims to assure incomes to the producers in case of the second crop of corn is not possible. Brazil harvests about 6.2 million tons of wheat annually, and the state of Parana ranks first, with half of the production, however, consumption is about 11.8 million tons. Brazil imported 6.8 million tons of wheat last year, “causing scarce resources to be sent abroad, which are no longer used in Brazil and in the production chain of this important cereal”. About 5.5 million hectares is used to cultivate soy in Parana. In winter, the second crop of corn occupies 2.28 million hectares of this area, while wheat is restricted to 1.12 million hectares. “Add to that the possibility of an exceptional financial return, the crop of wheat has not had such a high profitability since 2007”, explains the note. According to data in November 2020, profitability reached 49%.
Source: Agência de Notícias do Paraná
*Translated by Ia Niani