Growing concern about soybean yield damage in Northeast Brazil
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Last Update: 2002-03-04
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Lead: Dow Jones reports from Sao Paulo that soybean growers in northeastern Brazil are currently expecting a loss of yield per unit due to the ongoing drought in February As the center of soybean industry development, part of Western Bahia has been without rainfall for about 20 days The main local agricultural economists predict that the per unit yield of soybean in 2001 / 02 may decline by 12% If there is no rainfall in the next two weeks, the per unit yield will further decline Small droughts are now forming in the rain sensitive flowering and grouting season, which will undoubtedly further affect our production A buyer of Bangui group, a multinational crushing and export company, said that Bangui group and Cargill group are also major buyers of soybeans in this region Rainfall will return later in the next week, but a considerable part of the yield loss is irreparable If the required humidity is not obtained in the next two weeks, the yield loss may rise to 30% Bangui said (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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