date:May 26, 2016
, said Ribas. Higher production costs together with the loss in yield will impact producers income.
Those crops planted early were hurt by the drought. At the Nossa Senhora Aparecida farm in Campos de Jlio (MT), producer Clia Tom cultivated beans on 691.89 acres of the farm during the first harvest and was able to plant corn in December. He began harvesting this area on May 16 and is seeing good results. The harvest is going well for this plot, with average yields of 99 bushels per acre, said t