Delay in rains compromises soybean crop in MT

Aprosoja MT warns that the delay in rains in Mato Grosso is making it difficult to plant the 25/26 soybean crop, increasing risks of replanting, reducing productivity, and putting pressure on the window for the second corn crop.

The delay in the regularization of rains across the state has been a cause for concern for the Mato Grosso Soybean and Corn Producers Association (Aprosoja MT). Despite the end of the soybean sanitary gap on September 6, according to the latest update from the Mato Grosso Agricultural Economics Institute (IMEA), less than 25% of the sowing had taken place. The entity assesses that the lack of continuous rainfall limits the pace of field operations and increases the risk of stand failures, the need for replanting, and pressure on the window for the second corn crop. The president of the entity, Lucas Costa Beber, assesses that the scenario has been challenging in different regions of the state. “The progress of the planting reached 21%, but we have observed that there are many rain forecasts that have not been confirmed. There was an expectation of an acceleration of planting already after the second half of September and we are entering the second half of October and the rains ...