57th ANP biodiesel auction negotiates 760 million liters
57th biodiesel auction In the ANP's 57th biodiesel auction, 759.935 million liters of biodiesel were auctioned, with 99.7% of this volume coming from producers holding the Social Fuel seal. Of these, 759.590 million liters were for mandatory mixing. The average price was R$ 2,334/L, without considering the Petrobras margin, and the value […]
US agricultural attaché estimates Brazil's 2017/18 soybean harvest at 107 million tons
The drop in projection is due to a return to average yields, after an almost perfect harvest in 2016/17. Soybean exports for the 2017/18 crop year were estimated at 64 million tonnes, as a result of strong demand from China. In the current 2016/17 harvest, Brazil exported 56 million tons in the first seven […]
Cooperatives assess that corn area in Rio Grande do Sul could fall further
According to FecoAgro/RS, the reduction could still reach 20% according to data from the technical areas of agricultural cooperatives. The first figures released by the National Supply Company (Conab) for the grain harvest in Rio Grande do Sul, announced this Tuesday, 10 October, reflect an alignment with the reality of what is being projected for […]
Soybeans, corn and rice represent more than 90% of the 2017 harvest
Soybean, corn and rice harvests are expected to total more than 226 million tons, accounting for 93.7% of Brazilian agricultural production in 2017: soybeans with 47.5%; corn, 41.1%; and rice with 5.1%. The information comes from the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), released today by IBGE.
