date:May 26, 2016
s really optimistic and planted the corn under good weather conditions. The crop was formed, and suddenly the rains stopped, Vinicius Costa e Silva Junior, a producer from Piracanjuba, in the state of Gois, told Successful Farming-Brazil.
Silva Junior, who last harvested corn yields of 70 bushels per acre, can expect total losses in the 2015/2016 season.
I have been growing corn for 23 years and Ive never seen such a severe drought during the second harvest. We have had 60 days of drought here