Agência Brasil*
Brasília – The Brazilian grain production should grow by 7% compared with the previous crop, totalling 131.15 million tonnes, according to the 11th survey conducted by the National Food Supply Company (Conab). In a comparison with the previous month, the increase is 0.5%.
Whole cottonseed culture, according to the Conab press office, recorded the most significant increase, at 41.7%, followed by maize, at 19.1%, and soy, at 6.2%. Rice production saw a 3.3% reduction.
Estimates of increase in wheat production for the 2007-2008 crop currently stand at 71.2%. The survey was conducted from July 23rd to 27th, by 53 Conab technicians who visited 416 municipalities.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum