China News Agency, Sao Paulo, April 7 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) According to data released by the Brazilian National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) on the 7th local time, the total grain output in Brazil is expected to reach 258.9 million tons this year, an increase of 2.3% over last year. All-time high.
The data shows that the harvested area of grain crops in Brazil this year is expected to be 71.8 million hectares, an increase of 4.7% over last year.
Soybeans, corn and rice are the main food crops in Brazil.
This year, the harvested area of these three grain crops is expected to account for 87.7% of the total crop harvested area, and the output will account for 92.2% of the total grain output.
Among them, the soybean sown area increased by 3.8%, the output is expected to be 116.2 million tons, a decrease of 13.9%; the corn sown area increased by 8.3%, the output is expected to be 111.9 million tons, an increase of 27.4%; the rice sown area increased by 1.2%, and the output is expected to be 10.7 million tons, down 8%.
Mato Grosso is Brazil's largest grain-producing region, and is expected to account for 30.8% of the country's total grain production this year.
This is followed by Paraná (13.8%), Goiás (10.4%), Rio Grande do Sul (9.2%), Mato Grosso do Sul (8.3%) and Minas Gerais Sri Lanka (6.5%).
In addition, production of more than 10 crops is expected to increase this year.
Among them, the output of coffee beans increased by 14.4%, the output of cotton increased by 12.3%, the output of barley increased by 3.8%, and the output of wheat increased by 1.5%.
Brazil is an important food producer and exporter in the world.
According to data released by the Brazilian Institute of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry (Embrapa), in 2020, Brazil is the world's largest producer and largest exporter of soybeans, and corn is the third largest producer and second largest exporter in the world.
China has been the biggest buyer of Brazilian soybeans for many years.
Industry sources said that the climate may have an impact on Brazil's grain crop harvest this year, but the country's total grain output is expected to hit a record high since the statistics began in 1975.
Previously, the highest total grain production in Brazil was 255.4 million tons in 2020.
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