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.

By Nathalia Giannetti