Brazil’s soybean harvest for the 2024/25 season reached 15% of the planted area as of last Thursday, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said on Monday, up 6 percentage points from the previous week.
At the same time last year, 23% of the total area had been reaped, AgRural added in a statement, meaning work in the fields overall remains delayed and may affect sowing of Brazil’s second corn crop in some areas.
Parana state in southern Brazil has been leading the way as a third of its soy area has been harvested, but top grain-producing state of Mato Grosso had “good progress” last week despite less-favorable weather conditions, AgRural said.
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, received some welcome showers that brought relief to farmers after little rainfall in January.
Eyes are now on potential soybean harvest delays that may impact sowing of Brazil’s second corn crop, as they could narrow the window for planting and make corn more exposed to climate risks.
According to AgRural, 20% of the expected second-corn area had been planted in Brazil’s center-south region as of Thursday, up 11 percentage points from the previous week but well below the 38% seen a year earlier.
“The pace is strong in Parana and Mato Grosso do Sul, but there is still a significant delay in Mato Grosso and Goias, where producers are concerned about the ideal window, which ends at the end of February,” AgRural said.
Brazil’s second corn crop is planted after soybeans are harvested in the same areas and represents about 75% of national production in a given year.
