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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Porto Alegre, December 1, 2020 – The soybean planting is relatively delayed regionally or, at least, started late. For now, the production forecast for the second corn crop, together with the profile of the planted area, remains very optimistic, with no reversal of any trend in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As we pointed out in our previous\ncrop update, at the end of October, the area planted with soybeans already\nguaranteed most of the area needed for planting cotton and corn in producing\nregions. In November, the soybean planting advanced in the first half of the\nyear, which created the possibility of a second crop planted entirely in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Between October and November,\nhowever, the climate was not favorable either in several locations for\nsoybeans, from western Paran\u00e1 to northern Goi\u00e1s. Many areas with up to three\nreplantings and some areas giving up soybeans so as not to miss the planting\nwindow of cotton, as in the west and south of Mato Grosso. If there are soybean\ncrop losses in December, growers can choose to still replant soybeans if there\nare seeds or bring forward the planting of the 2021 second crop. This is not\nyet the case, but it might happen in case of a disaster with the summer soybean\ncrops in the Midwest region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The expectation of a larger area\nwith the second corn crop corn remains strong, with a 6.2% increase from 2020.\nThe climatic issue involving the development of soybeans in the coming weeks\nand in the harvest in February\/March could determine even an advance in area\nwith double-digit growth for the second corn crop of 2021. Undoubtedly, the\nquestion of market prices and the climate for the first half will be decisive\nfor an even larger planted area with corn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Good rain will occur in\nParaguay this week. Possibly we will also have a window, a little later, but\nstill quite viable for the planting of the second crop in the country in\nFebruary and March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The question of the 2021\nsecond crop, therefore, throughout Brazil is the later planting, which, so far,\nhas not compromised the volume of area to be cultivated. Maybe some technology is\ncompromised due to the planting schedule, but not the area to be cultivated.\nDepending on the soybean harvest, climate, and prices, we can see the area\ngrowing above 10% in Brazil in 2021. On the other hand, a late planting reveals\na late harvest. A few growers will be able to plant corn in January, and the\nvast majority will have a window in February and the first half of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This later planting implies a slightly\nlower yield potential in each region. However, that places crops in a greater\nrange of climatic risk. Losses cannot be estimated before they occur.\nTherefore, the Brazilian fall\/winter climate will be fundamental for the\nconception of the size of this 2021 Brazilian crop, with the current projection\nof a record second corn crop of 83.7 million tons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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