Brazil's Mato Grosso corn harvest progresses fast

: Agriculture
24/06/21

The 2023-24 winter corn harvest in Brazil's central-western Mato Grosso state advanced this week and increased the advantage from last season's pace in the same period a year ago.

Harvesting advanced by 15.8 percentage points to 37.6pc in the week ended 21 June from the prior week, according to the state's agricultural economics institute Imea.

The progress is over than 18 percentage points ahead of the 19.2pc harvested in the 2022-23 season at the same time last year and above the 27.4pc five-year average for the period in the state.

Imea expects the state's 2023-24 corn cycle to produce 45.9mn metric tonnes, a near 13pc drop from the 2022-23 crop production.

By Maria Albuquerque

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