The Department of Rural Economy (Deral), of the Paraná Department of Agriculture, increased its production estimates for soybean, summer corn and second corn crop in the 2018/2019 season and reduced the wheat harvest forecast. Regarding soybeans, the entity now expects production of 16.2 million tons, compared to 16.1 million tons in March. The area planted was slightly higher, from 5.435 million to 5.437 million hectares. The yield forecast rose from 2,968 kilograms per hectare to 2,989 kilograms per hectare. As for the first corn crop, Deral now projects a harvest of 3.156 million tons. Last month, the forecast was 3.116 million tons. The estimated area planted rose from 357.6K hectares to 358.4K hectares, while the perspective of yield increased from 8.7K kilos per hectare to 8.8K kilos per hectare. For the second corn crop, the production forecast increased from 13 million tons to 13.02 million tons. The planted area estimate was increased from 2.22 million hectares to 2.23 million hectares. However, productivity has been readjusted downward, and should stand at 5,832 kilograms per hectare against the March forecast of 5,835 kilograms per hectare. Regarding wheat, the entity reduced its production forecast from 3.3 million tons to 3.2 million tons. The area projection decreased from 1.03 million hectares to 1.02 million tons. Meanwhile, the expectation of productivity increased from 3.21 kilos per hectare to 3.22 kilos per hectare.
Source: Canal Rural