Soybean harvest in MS has a 35% reduction in production

Farmers in Mato Grosso do Sul were once again harmed by the drought and the result was a lower harvest than the previous harvest. According to the Soy and Corn Producers Association – Aprosoja/MS, the drop compared to the 2020/2021 cycle was 35%, reaching 8,7 million tons. The data was released this week and delivered to the new minister of agriculture, Marcos Montes, in order to make alternatives regarding rural insurance viable for farmers who frequently suffer from bad weather.

According to the president of Aprosoja/MS, André Dobashi, the main area affected was precisely the one that allocates the largest area to grain production. “We found that the impact of the drought was characteristic of a La Niña year, which occurred throughout Brazil. The southern region of the state, which concentrates 62% of the area dedicated to soybean cultivation, was the most affected, and reached an average productivity of 27,8 bags per hectare”.

According to the Association, the North region, which reached an interesting productivity of 71,1 bags per hectare, concentrates a restricted production area. “The northern region had a lot of rain. Some producers even complained about excess, but ended up having a more interesting result, despite only concentrating 15% of the sown area”, explained Dobashi.

In the Center region, the result was 46,67 bags per hectare. The region concentrates 21,7% of the area dedicated to soybean cultivation.

The SIGA program – Agribusiness Geographic Information System, which monitors harvests with the support of the Famasul and Semagro System, points out that on the state average, Mato Grosso do Sul had an increase in the area allocated to oilseeds equivalent to 6,2%, reaching 2021/2022 harvest with 3,7 million hectares. Productivity fell 38,5% compared to the 2020/2021 cycle, reaching 38,6 bags per hectare.

In the last two cycles 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, the soybean harvest in MS recorded average productivity of 55,7 and 62,84 bags per hectare, respectively. These averages were made impossible by bad weather this year. 

Farmers are now hoping for the good performance of the second harvest corn, so that they can meet the commitments made, and mitigate the losses already calculated by them.