Logistics compromises cotton deliveries for export
The National Association of Cotton Exporters expressed concern about the possible delay in deliveries of cotton exports due to the delay in the start of the harvest, lack of trucks and reduced supply of containers. The concern also extends to deliveries to the domestic market.
Worsening trade ratio with corn in September
Heated exports, reduced sales and expectations of a reduction in planted area in the 2017/2018 summer harvest support corn prices in the Brazilian market. In Paraná, according to data from the Department of Rural Economy (Deral), the corn area is expected to decrease by 33.0% in the first harvest (2017/2018), compared to the previous cycle, losing […]
Estimate for Brazilian harvest
SAFRAS & Mercado releases this Friday, a new estimate for the Brazilian soybean harvest in 2017/18. The numbers will be released at 12pm, first hand, by the SAFRAS Agency. The current number of SAFRAS indicates production of 113.204 million tons. If confirmed, the harvest will be 0.2% lower than in 2016/17. […]
How to control yellow Sigatoka disease in bananas
Yellow Sigatoka disease is one of the most important banana diseases, also known as cercosporiosis or Sigatoka disease and can cause premature death of leaves, which can cause a reduction in leaf area, inducing losses in productivity and quality of the crop. fruit, resulting in a decrease in the number of bunches per bunch, reduction in bunch size and […]
In just a few days, people from Paraná have already sown 20 “Curitibas” soybeans
This time it worked: producers from Paraná who put faith in the weather forecast and threw the soybean seeds “in the dust”, days before the arrival of last weekend's rain, are breathing a sigh of relief. The rain came evenly and in good quantities across the state, which should favor germination.
Soybeans have a slight price recovery
The price of soybeans on the Chicago Grain Exchange registered an increase of 3.00 cents on the Chicago Grain Exchange on Wednesday (04/10) in the November/17 contract, closing at US$ 9.5825 per bushel. The other highlighted commodity maturities on the CBOT also closed the session with valuations between 2.75 and 3.00 points.
