Planting Underway for Brazil Soybeans

By Joana Colussi, Farm Policy News

Soybean planting, which promises to set a new record in Brazil, is underway in the Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul, and Mato Grosso regions of the country. Agência Estado Letícia Pakulski writer reported that planting reached 0.7% of the area planned for the 2020-21 harvest last Thursday, according to a survey by consultancy AgRural. The number is lower than the five-year average of 2.7%.