Brazil's second-corn harvesting at 67pc of planted area in Center

SAO PAULO: Brazil's second-corn harvesting has reached 67pc of the planted area in Center-South fields, up from 36pc a year ago, when bad weather damaged the crop, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said in a statement on Monday.

Mato Grosso state leads harvesting of Brazil's second corn as farmers there have collected an estimated 89pc of their fields so far in the season, AgRural said.