Brazil's 23-24 soybean harvest almost done: Correction
Corrects heading of 4th table to "Wheat Crop Planting Progress" for story originally published on 11 June
Brazil's harvest of the 2023-24 soybean crop reached 99.8pc completion in the latest week, according to national supply company Conab.
Soybeans: Work advanced 1 percentage point in the week ended 9 June. That is in line with progress registered for the prior crop at this time in 2023. Maranhao and Rio Grande do Sul states are still harvesting.
- Winter corn: The 2023-24 second corn crop is 7.5pc harvested as of the week ended 9 June, up from 3.7pc a week prior. That compares with progress of 1.7pc a year ago for the 2022-23 cycle. Activities have yet to begin in Piaui, Maranhao, Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais states.
- Summer corn: The 2023-24 first corn crop harvest advanced by 3.6 percentage points to 85.2pc in the week ended 9 June. Work is now slightly ahead of the 85pc harvested for the prior season at this time in 2023, after posting a yearly delay during most of the cycle. Sao Paulo, Parana and Santa Catarina are the only states where activities are finished.
- Cotton: Harvesting is 1.7pc complete as of 9 June, from 0.9pc a week before and a year ago for the 2022-23 crop. Only Piaui state has yet to start work.
- Wheat: Planting for this year's cycle reached 46.8pc of the area expected nationwide, up by 11 percentage points from 2 June. The 2023 wheat crop was 46.9pc sowed at this time last year. Santa Catarina has yet to begin work, while all states had started activities at this time a year ago. Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul already finished sowing.
Cotton crop 2023-24 - Harvesting progress | |||
State | 8 Jun 23 | 2 Jun 24 | 9 Jun 24 |
Maranhao | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% |
Piaui | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Bahia | 4.0% | 4.0% | 5.9% |
Mato Grosso | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
Mato Grosso do Sul | 4.0% | 5.0% | 6.0% |
Goias | 1.0% | 2.0% | 2.5% |
Minas Gerais | 3.0% | 6.0% | 8.0% |
Total | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.7% |
— Conab |
Soybean crop 2023-24 - Harvesting progress | |||
State | 8 Jun 23 | 2 Jun 24 | 9 Jun 24 |
Tocantins | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Maranhao | 98.0% | 93.0% | 97.0% |
Piaui | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Bahia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Mato Grosso | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Mato Grosso do Sul | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Goias | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Minas Gerais | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Sao Paulo | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Parana | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Santa Catarina | 100.0% | 99.0% | 100.0% |
Rio Grande do Sul | 99.0% | 94.0% | 99.0% |
Total | 99.8% | 98.8% | 99.8% |
— Conab |
Summer corn crop 2023-24 - Harvesting progress | |||
State | 8 Jun 23 | 2 Jun 24 | 9 Jun 24 |
Maranhao | 47.0% | 23.0% | 30.0% |
Piaui | 42.0% | 39.0% | 48.0% |
Bahia | 74.0% | 73.2% | 81.0% |
Goias | 100.0% | 90.0% | 99.0% |
Minas Gerais | 100.0% | 97.0% | 99.0% |
Sao Paulo | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Parana | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Santa Catarina | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Rio Grande do Sul | 96.0% | 93.0% | 95.0% |
Total | 85.0% | 81.6% | 85.2% |
— Conab |
Wheat crop 2024 - Planting progress | |||
State | 8 Jun 23 | 2 Jun 24 | 9 Jun 24 |
Goias | 100.0% | 97.0% | 99.0% |
Minas Gerais | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Bahia | 100.0% | 30.0% | 50.0% |
Rio Grande do Sul | 12.0% | 0.0% | 11.0% |
Parana | 75.0% | 59.0% | 73.0% |
Santa Catarina | 4.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Sao Paulo | 100.0% | 80.0% | 100.0% |
Mato Grosso do Sul | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Total | 46.9% | 35.8% | 46.8% |
— Conab |
Winter corn crop 2023-24 - Harvesting progress | |||
State | 8 Jun 23 | 2 Jun 24 | 9 Jun 24 |
Goias | 0.0% | 2.0% | 2.5% |
Piaui | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Tocantins | 0.0% | 1.0% | 3.0% |
Sao Paulo | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Minas Gerais | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Maranhao | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Mato Grosso do Sul | 0.0% | 4.0% | 5.0% |
Mato Grosso | 3.7% | 4.8% | 11.2% |
Parana | 0.0% | 4.0% | 7.0% |
Total | 1.7% | 3.7% | 7.5% |
— Conab |
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