Report on Corn from Brazil

By Eduardo Paim:

Here in Mato Grosso we are beginning to harvest maize; yields are still very varied; In southern MT production that producers have told us is up to 140 bags per hectare those in the north have a maximum output of 80 bags per hectare. We have a lot of rain falling in the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grade do Sul We do not know yet how it will look on average for maize production but we certainly will not have all the corn that the reports are saying. The rains are hampering the planting of wheat in Rio Grande do Sul, the rains are taking all the fertilizer was added to the wheat. I will send you reports as the corn harvest develops.