date:May 26, 2016
and $76 per acre.
In order to recover from a year of severe drought like this, we need three years of good harvests. The losses will be accentuated, in part, because Silva Junior grew another 296 acres of irrigated corn, where he expects to harvest 81.0 bushels per acre, and another 741 acres with late-sown sorghum that should benefit from the return of the rains.
Total Losses
In the state of Gois, the situation is extreme. Producers have recorded total losses and are renegotiating sales cont