Soybean harvesting in Brazil reaches final stage

06-Jun-2024 08:32 PM

Rio de Janeiro. Soybean harvesting has already been completed in most of the major producing states of Latin American country Brazil.

It was to be harvested only in the far southern province - Rio Grande do Sul and the northeastern region because sowing is done late there. Rio Grande do Sul is considered the third largest soybean producer state in Brazil.

When the harvesting of the crop was completed in 65-70 percent of the area there, the outbreak of severe floods and torrential rains increased.

This not only caused great damage to the soybean crop but also hindered the harvesting of the crop because it became difficult to run the harvesting machine (comb) in the fields due to waterlogging.

According to a report by the central agency - CONAB, by June 2, 2024, soybean harvesting had been completed in about 98 percent of the area at the national level and preparations are going on in the remaining part as well.

In Rio Grande do Sul, 90 percent of the area has been harvested, whereas last year by this time, 96 percent of the area had been harvested. Due to heavy damage to the infrastructure there, there is a lot of difficulty in transporting the harvested soybean crop to the warehouses or the houses of the producers.

It is worth mentioning that Brazil is the world's largest producer and exporter of soybean. There, the highest production of soybean takes place in the Mato Grosso province, while Parana is at second place.