Production of second crop corn in Brazil may reach 68.2 million tons, an increase of 22.6% over last year’s harvest, and also an unprecedented volume of production, according to the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). In the evaluation of the institute, the increase in the production of second corn crop is one of the main factors that should boost the national grain harvest, which should reach 234.7 million tons this year, 3.6% above the 2018 harvest. According to the manager of the research, Carlos Antônio Barradas, the increase in production is due to a series of factors: “the agricultural year started earlier. Rainfall in October fell in the second half of September, ahead of soyabean planting. This expanded the corn planting window, which in turn got a favorable mood for longer. And the increase in prices at the time of planting completed the positive picture. ” The largest increases in corn production volume, compared to April, were estimated for Mato Grosso (8.3%, or 2.2 million tons) and Sergipe (39.2%, or 203.9K tons). The national production estimate compared to 2018 is a fall of 4.5% for soyabeans and 11.2% for rice, and an increase of 15.7% for corn.
Source: Aboissa