Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture Antonio Andrade said on Jan. 9 that soy production could reach even higher levels than current projections, which peg the crop at about 90 million tonnes for the 2013/14 harvest.
“The performance of soybeans for this crop should be even better than the current forecasts, reaching 95 million. This result is due to increased productivity and makes Brazil the largest producer of grain in the world, surpassing the U.S.,” Andrade said.
Conab, the country’s crop bureau, raised its soybean forecast to 90.3 million tonnes for the current crop, a 10.8% increase. Rice production climbed 5.1%, reaching 12.4 million tons. Brazil’s grain production is expected to total 196.7 million tonnes, up 5.2% from the previous harvest of 186.9 million tons.
据 Conab 称，玉米是巴西第二大作物，产量下降 5.9%，原因是种植者对价格下跌感到沮丧，转而种植大豆。
就面积而言，大豆扩大了 6.6%，比任何其他作物都多，从 27.7 公顷增加到 2960 万公顷。水稻、豆类和棉花面积也有所增加，而首季玉米面积从 6.8 万公顷减少到 650 万公顷，减少 4.7%。
“Our production increases every year. This is because Brazil has made great technologies in the field, and we work daily with the producers who go to great lengths to put our production as one of the largest in the world,” Andrade said.