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Tag: safrinha corn

  • Wednesday, April 15th 2015 - 07:37 UTC

    Brazil raises estimates of corn and soybean harvests, helped by late rainfall

    While early-sown soybeans were hit by a “scarcity of rainfall”, precipitation arrived in time for the flowering and grain-filling period for later planted crop.

    Brazil raised estimates for both its corn and soybean harvests, citing rains which had come in time to boost yields of later planted crops, besides boosting expectations for safrinha corn. The official Conab crop bureau lifted by 1.0m tons to 94.3m tons its estimate for Brazil's soybean production in 2014-15, as late rainfall helped results “surprise positively” in particular in central areas.