Brazil Soybean Production Record High
June 5, 2008| |
Brazil’s oilseed sector is “experiencing a moment of relative prosperity” due to high international prices and overall climatic conditions. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service reports that farmers produced a record soybean crop of an estimated 60.1 MMT on 21.7 million hectares. Compared to 2007 figures, Brazilian farmers harvested one million tons more of soybeans on 4% more area than last year. There were less occurrences of Soybean Rust this year, thus making it possible for a projected increase in production and area by 7% during the planting season in 2008-09.
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