Brazil’s soy harvest 58% complete, safrinha corn hits 92%: Agrural

Brazil’s soy harvest is already complete on 58% of its area as of March 15, data from agricultural analysts Agrural shows Friday.

While progress is slightly behind last year’s, when 62% had been harvested, it’s 3 percentage points above the five-year average and represents a 10 percentage point week-on-week increase.

Mato Grosso has completed harvesting on 91% of its area, while progress across other states has improved sharply week-on-week.

The report notes that the Matopiba region, which has been hit by above average rains this week, the harvest progress has been maintained with no quality loss.

“This week’s rains arrived at the right time for the later areas of Rio Grande do Sul, which still need moisture to finish the grain filling,” the report notes, with the state currently seeing harvesting complete on 2% of the area.

For corn, the second safrinha corn crop shows a similar performance, with the south central region seeing planting complete on 92% of the area, up 11 percentage points on the previous week, and 2 percentage points above the five year average.

However, progress does continue to lag the 96% seen at this stage last year.

Good rains in Mato Grosso have “alleviated the concern about the lack of humidity in some area,” while the week ahead is showing further rain on the radar, “which is especially favourable to the crops that are already starting to enter the reproductive phase in the state.”