Brazilian Planting Lags Behind Last Year’s Pace

Brazil’s wet season was delayed, but much-needed rains have now been seen. Soybean and Corn Advisor President Michael Cordonnier says the drier conditions pushed the planting far behind schedule. “I think the bigger issue is corn because in Brazil, 75 percent of the corn is planted as a double crop after soybeans. If soybean planting is delayed that delays the planting of the second crop of corn. The more that corn gets delayed in planting, the lower the yield prospects for the second crop of corn.”