Tag: CONAB

Tuesday, December 12th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Brazil forecasts a grains harvest of 312 million tons, but climate conditions will hinder soybeans

Brazilian farmers are expected to harvest some 312 million tons of grains and oil seeds in the 2023/2024 crop, which will be 2,4% lower than the record volume of the previous crop.
Thursday, October 12th 2023 - 07:44 UTC
Brazil expanding its soy area but corn production is expected to fall as prices drop

Brazilian farmers will have a record soy output in the new season as they are sowing the oilseed over a larger area, the government’s crop agency Conab said this week in the first forecast report for the 2023/24-grain cycle.
Saturday, August 27th 2022 - 09:15 UTC
Brazil estimates a grains and oilseeds 2022/23 harvest of 308 million tons

Brazil's government CONAB, (National Supply Company) anticipated that the 2022/23 grains and oil seeds harvest would reach 308 million tons, given the good performance and strong international demand for corn, soybean, rice, beans and cotton.
Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 19:32 UTC
Brazilian record corn crop stored in the open; 11 million tons of soybeans remain unsold

Warehouses in Brazil are still full of soybeans, harvested just a few months before corn. In the state of Mato Grosso, soybean production was high this season, but at the same time sales are slower than usual, leaving warehouses with no space for corn, according to Cleiton Gauer, superintendent of the Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics (IMEA).
Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Brazil grains crop estimate, 272.5 million tons helped by corn and wheat despite a slide in soybeans

Given more optimistic prospects for the supply of corn and wheat, Brazil's National Supply Company, Conab, increased, slightly, the estimate for the 2021/22 market year grain harvest. Overall this has meant that Brazil is expected to have a crop of 272.5 million tons of grains in the current season, 6.7% greater than the previous season.
Tuesday, August 31st 2021 - 09:08 UTC
Brazil confident soybeans harvest will confirm it continues as the world's leader in the oilseed production

Brazil's National Supply Company, Conab, anticipated forecasts for the coming grains and oilseeds season 2021/22. The soy crop is expected to reach some 141,26 million tons or a 3.9% increase over the current harvest.
Monday, July 26th 2021 - 17:50 UTC
Brazil targets 300 million tons of grain for the 2024/25 harvest

Brazil should collect more than 300 million tons of grain by the 2024/25 harvest, three seasons earlier than initially planned, according to new projections by the Ministry of Agriculture. The previous forecast was to reach the target in the 2027/28 cycle.
Friday, September 11th 2020 - 08:36 UTC
It's official: Brazil's 2019/20 grains and oil harvest was a record 258 million tons

Brazil's 2019-20 grains and oilseeds harvest reached a 258mn t record as total acreage increased and yields performed well, despite some unfavorable weather conditions throughout the year.
Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 06:57 UTC
Brazil expects a record wheat crop, and considerable reduction of imports

Brazil's National Supply Company (Conab) said the current wheat crop (2019/20) has the potential to be a record. As a result, Brazilian cereal imports should fall. The agency believes that production should reach 6.8 million tons, 21.2% more than in the previous harvest.
Saturday, August 8th 2020 - 07:20 UTC
Brazil estimates record soybean crop of 130,5 million tons in 2021; wheat imports could climb to 7,3 million tons

Brazilian soybean production is expected to increase some five million tons in the 2020/21 harvest to a record 130,5 million tons, according to Daniel Amaral, chief economist of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove). Based on this crop oilseed exports could reach 80 million tons in 2021, while domestic crushing could reach a new annual record of 45 million tons.