Rio de Janeiro – The latest Brazilian 2013 crop forecast from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, released in August, is down 0.3% from the estimate released in July. According to the Systematic Agricultural Production Survey, the forecast for 2013 is 187.3 million tonnes, i.e. 634,400 tonnes less than in July.
Despite the decline in August from July, this year’s crop should be 15.7% higher than last year’s. Compared with 2012, the three main crops should see an increase in output: soy (23.8%), maize (13.3%) and rice (2.7%).
Production of sixteen out of 26 products tracked by the survey should increase from 2012, including sugarcane (10.3%), second-crop beans (19%), third-crop beans (2.6%) and wheat (16.5%). The ten products whose output is expected to decline from last year include herbaceous seed cotton (-31.9%), Arabica coffee bean (-4.6%), Canephora coffee bean (-14.5%), first-crop bean (-7.2%), oranges (-5.7%) and cassava (-9.4%). The total harvest area should be 52.7 million hectares this year, up 8% from 2012.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
