Exclusive data from Serasa Experian revealed that cotton planting registered an increase of 15,8% when comparing the 1st harvests of 22/23 with 23/24. In other words, from one period to the other, there was an increase of approximately 82,2 thousand hectares, going from 518,3 to 600,5 thousand hectares, according to information from proprietary mapping developed by the Company's specialists using satellite images.
For Joel Risso, director of new agricultural business at Serasa Experian, mapping Brazilian crops brings several benefits to the entire chain: “agricultural mapping, developed through specialized work on satellite images, generates very valuable inputs for good decision-making in agribusiness. Knowing the expansion dynamics of the main crops allows customers to better position themselves in the market, anticipating possible fluctuations in supply and demand and, consequently, in commodity prices. In addition, the map reveals the “address” of each plantation and allows us to verify compliance with socio-environmental criteria, offering the benefit of traceability of origin, a requirement increasingly demanded by the markets of our local and global customers.”
Another important function is highlighted by the executive: “in certain crops, such as cotton, this type of monitoring also supports the royalty control system, to help with identification and, therefore, the necessary regulation”.
Evaluating the data only on the 1st harvest 23/24, the state of Bahia stands out with the planting of cotton on 274,6 thousand hectares. Check out the GIF below:
“It is important to emphasize that, in the analyzed section, it is natural that Bahia records significant data, since the region has this period as a focus for planting due to the climate. With the combination of data from the 2nd harvest (not presented here, but which also showed growth this year), Mato Grosso stands out, since the federative unit is consolidated as the one that, by far, produces the most cotton in Brazil.”
Despite this, if we observe the variations in the 1st harvest comparing the years 22/23 with 23/24, it is possible to identify a decline of 4,2 thousand hectares in Bahian soil, while the Mato Grosso cultivation registers an expansion of 75,0 thousand hectares in the same analysis relationship.
See the table below for complete data on the five main mapped states:
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