How Have Brazil’s Soybean and Safrinha Corn Areas Changed?
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Christian Bohon (via Crop Prophet)
Brazil soybean area has expanded and shifted north, while second-crop corn, or safrinha, has overtaken first-crop corn in planted area. Soybean planted area averaged 44.0 million hectares in 2022-2024, 7.6 times the 5.8 million hectares harvested in 1974-1976. Second-crop corn accounted for about 77% of corn area in IBGE’s two-season…
