SOMAR: rainfall will come in the next few days in Brazil's central western soybean production area

Lead: heavy rain that ended a long drought in southern Brazil arrived in the central western soybean region on Tuesday, SOMAR, a private meteorological agency, said Tuesday In the next five days, Mato Grosso will receive 82 mm of rainfall (3.2 inches), which will affect soybean harvesting But southern Rio Grande and Parana, which need more rain, will remain dry Another air-conditioning unit is expected to pass through southern Brazil over the weekend, but it will only bring light rain During March 20-24, sporadic showers are expected in Parana, and rainfall is common in South Mato and Rosso Rain will return to Rio Grande, Brazil's No 3 soybean producing state, from March 22 to 23 Soybean crops in the south of China are in the flowering and filling stage, which requires rainfall Harvesting has begun in the south, and losses in the coming weeks will be gradually reflected in the yield results Rainfall in the area can prevent the drought from continuing to cause damage, at least to help crops that have not yet dried up Crops in Parana and South matogoroso are expected to benefit most from rainfall The worst drought was in South Rio Grande, where crop supply last week cut soybean production by 61% from its original estimate Affected by the drought, on Monday (March 14), agrural, a private consultancy, revised down Brazil's soybean production forecast for 2004 / 05 by 13% to 52.3 million tons, down from 60 million tons in February But it added that soybean crops in the central western region are growing very well, especially in Mato Grosso, the No 1 soybean producing state