News crop soybean tocantins

Though Mato Grosso has been the focus of crop expansion in Brazil over the past few decades, new regions closer to the coasts hold potential. Large-scale producers in Mato Grosso, seeing little room for expansion in the state, are increasingly purchasing land in Piaui, Maranhao, and Tocantins. These states are closer to ports and land is generally priced lower than in Mato Grosso. However, due to the drier climate, typically only one crop is harvested in these arese each year, compared to two in Mato Grosso. planted area, in Tocantins will be 1,444.91 thousand hectares, with an increase of 3% compared to last season. Rainfed soybean remains a highlight and had a 4.1% increase over the past season and corn 2nd crop reached an increase of over 28% in area, with planting of about 203,000 hectares. Already cotton production continues to grow in Tocantins; In the past season, the planted area was about 2.8 thousand hectares, rising to 4.16 thousand hectares. For the 2018/2019 Crop, the expected grain production for the state of Tocantins should exceed 4,755 thousand tons, 3.8% higher than the previous crop. Soybeans continue to be highlighted, with an estimated production of more than 2,911 thousand tons, followed by corn that this year will exceed 1,104 thousand tons, with great highlight in the second crop that is expected to produce more than 900 thousand tons, 69% higher than in the previous year. Past crop. Rice production should be over 623 thousand tons, mainly in the floodplain areas. In the soybean frontier states of Bahia, Piauí, Tocantins and Maranhao, collectively known as Matopiba, hot and dry weather reduced planted area and delayed planting this season. The Bahia state government extended the planting season by three weeks – through January 20. In the other three states planting typically lasts through January. As such, with an increase of rain in January, farmers in the region are more optimistic that yields may yet turn out to be around 5-year average. Nationwide, as of the third week of January, producers collected under two percent of the forecast harvest. Most of the harvesting underway has been in Mato Grosso, with Parana being in distant second. Overall, Post believes that forecast may be revised upward if the weather continues to cooperate.