Rio de Janeiro – Brazil should see a 209.4 million ton harvest of grains, pulses and oilseeds in 2017, up 13.9% from the total crop expected this year. As per the first prognosis for the 2017 harvest, issued this Thursday (10) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the biggest increase will be in the Northeast of the country (51%). Crop expansion in other regions should go as follows: 7% in the North, 10.3% in the Southeast, 5.5% in the South and 18.7% in the Midwest.
The IBGE also released a new estimate for this year’s harvest. Its Systematic Agricultural Production Survey says 183.8 million tons will be harvested this year, a 12.3% drop over 2015. Brazil’s three primary crops will see numbers go down this year from the last one: soy (-1.5%), rice (-15.5%) and maize (-25.5%).
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
