RS should produce 21,6 million tons of soybeans in the 2024-25 harvest

The celebration of 100 years of soybeans in Brazil continued last weekend with the symbolic act of planting soybeans as part of the Fenasoja program in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul (RS), a city that holds the title of National Cradle of Soybeans. On the occasion, Emater/RS also presented the updated preliminary estimates for the 2024/25 soybean harvest.

The presentation led by the technical director of Emater/RS, Claudinei Baldissera, revealed that the trend, if climate conditions remain favorable, is that production in the current soybean harvest should exceed 21,6 million tons in Rio Grande do Sul, a value 18,59% higher than that harvested in the 2023/2024 cycle.

Claudinei highlighted that the oilseed should occupy 6.811.344 hectares in RS, with an increase of 1,54% in the planting area compared to the last harvest. The expected productivity is 13,17% higher than that obtained last year, and should reach 3.179 kg/ha.

Crops sown in late October and early November showed good germination and adequate stand. Those planted from the second half of November, during periods of little rain, showed some germination failures, but without compromising the crop stand.

In the region covered by the Emater/RS Regional Office in Santa Rosa, the soybean production area in the 2024/25 harvest is projected at 779.119 hectares, with an expected productivity of 3.132 kg/ha and production of 2.440.201 tons of grain.

To date, planting operations have been completed in 58% of the areas planned for the Santa Rosa region, with a 13% increase in the planted area compared to the previous week. This percentage is below the state average, which is 65%.

The technical director also highlighted the work carried out through the RS Rust Monitoring Program, an action developed through a partnership between the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Sustainable Production and Irrigation (Seapi) and Emater/RS, in collaboration with private laboratories, teaching and research institutions in the State, which aims to assist producers in managing Asian soybean rust in Rio Grande do Sul, based on monitoring Asian rust spores in producing regions.