Brazil: Conab estimates rice sowing and bean harvest

Rice planting in Brazil has reached 90.7% of the estimated area in the six main producing states, an increase from the previous week's 88.6%, and higher than the same period last year's 87.7%. The first 2024/25 bean crop harvest has advanced to 10.2% of the planted area, down from the previous week's 7.7%, and behind last year's 13.6%. Bean planting has also reached 64.4% of the area, slightly up from the previous week's 63.8%, but lower than the 56.8% planted during the same period last year.

Rice planting has advanced to 90.7% of the estimated area for the 2024/25 season in the six main producing states in Brazil (Tocantins, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, which represent 88% of the total), according to a weekly survey by the National Supply Company (Conab), with data collected up to December 22. The previous week, planting was at 88.6%. In the same period last year, the percentage was 87.7%. The harvest of the first 2024/25 bean crop reached 10.2% of the planted area in Brazil, according to a report by Conab with data up to December 22. In the previous week, harvesting corresponded to 7.7% of the area, while in the same period last year, the index was 13.6%. The planting of the first 2024/25 bean ...