MS Harvest 2024/25: soybean harvest begins in the state

According to information from the Siga-MS Project, carried out by Aprosoja/MS, the 2024/2025 soybean harvest has already begun in Mato Grosso do Sul, and has reached approximately 8% of the total area. The South region is the most advanced, with 10,2% of the area harvested, followed by the central region, with 7,6%. The North region has not yet recorded a soybean harvest.

 Based on the weekly assessment, approximately 1,7 million hectares are affected by water stress, representing 38,9% of the total area. "Last week, there was rainfall that helped maintain crops in the regions most affected by the drought. Thanks to this, crop conditions were able to remain stable," says the technical coordinator of Aprosoja/MS, Gabriel Balta.

According to Diogo Peixoto, regional director of Aprosoja/MS and rural producer in Amambai, the rain that returned in recent days may help, however, there were significant losses in the crops caused by the drought and high temperatures. "We expected to harvest around 50, 60 bags, because there was a production ceiling for that, but due to the drought and high temperatures, there was a very large pod abortion, mainly high temperatures, and then it was not possible to fill the grain. From last week onwards, it started to rain, and it is helping what is left, because we still have about 60, 70% of the soybeans in the field. So, with this rain there will help, but we do not know how much yet, because it has not been harvested and we only have an estimate, right? But it is already certain that there are losses in the crops, because there were 30 or so days without rain, there were 37 days."

Aprosoja/MS is working to inform the most impacted municipalities, with the aim of taking measures to speed up both renegotiations and the extension of rural producers' debts. "The rains have returned and we are still evaluating the impact on crops," reports the president of the Rural Union of Amambai, Manoel Douglas.

According to meteorology, there is a forecast of the formation of an area of ​​low atmospheric pressure over Paraguay, combined with a cold front, which favors the formation of instabilities in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, with the risk of heavy rains.