It is estimated that 1.1 million hectares are cultivated with cereal in the state this season. The wheat sowing period in Paraná runs from April 1st to July 20th and, for the 2019/20 harvest, the area is expected to be cultivated remains close to 1.1 million hectares, according to the forecast released by the Department of Rural Economy of the State Secretariat of Agriculture and Supply (Deral / Seab). “The Paraná area of wheat has remained around 900 thousand and 1.3 million hectares in the last 20 years, with few exceptions. This level of planting seems to have little chance of being reversed, due to the better technology used year by year, which makes the internal offer have a much clearer direction, of increment ”, says the coordinator of the Deral Statistics division, Carlos Hugo According to the Deral survey, in 2019 Paraná produced 2.1 million tons of wheat. It was the worst result since 2013, when the State harvested 1.8 million tons. “This was the third consecutive crop of relevant breaks that caused production to fall below state crushing, estimated at more than three million tons by the Brazilian Association of Wheat Industries (Abitrigo). The deficit, however, can be filled by the Argentine and Paraguayan supply, which had large production surpluses ”, highlights Godinho in the prognosis. “These declines, along with the recent highs in the dollar, are starting to impact the availability of wheat in Brazil and, consequently, in Paraná, which could create an opportunity for local producers. Despite this, there are uncertainties that can significantly affect prices throughout the harvest. Among these uncertainties are possible new commercial partnerships. In 2019, 90 thousand tons of Russian wheat arrived in Brazil, the largest volume in history. In addition to these imports, the government has started to build relations with India. Both countries are major producers and may start to have more weight in the formation of national prices ”, he adds.
Source: Universo Agro / Datagro