Bunge 首席执行官 Soren Schroder 表示，尽管价格疲软，但巴西仍准备在 2017-18 年进行大规模作物播种——这也给全球油菜籽生产带来了乐观的前景， Mike Verdin 在 Agrimoney.com 上写道.
有人认为，2017-18 年巴西玉米和大豆播种面积增长可能会放缓，这要归功于这两种作物的价格回落，除了国际市场的压力外，雷亚尔的走强也对当地造成了抑制。
The International Grains Council last week forecast a 3% drop in Brazil’s corn sowings, to 16.8m hectares, citing that “average values are more than 40% lower year on year, pressured by a much more comfortable supply outlook”, although seeing area switched to soybean seedings.
“Farmers could be encouraged to shift some full-season corn area to soybeans in less productive regions given prospects for relatively poor returns,” the council said, forecasting a 2% rise in Brazil’s 2017-18 soy sowings, which start next month.