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Brazil may harvest close to 100mn T corn this season

  SAO PAULO: Brazilian corn producers may harvest close to 100 million tonnes of corn in the 2016/17 harvest per
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Due to exchange rate factors, Pess?a also said it would not be a surprise if Brazilian corn exports this year reached 32 million tonnes.

In May, Brazil's agricultural statistics agency Conab forecast total corn output in the season of 92.8 million tonnes, compared to 91.5 million tonnes estimated last month, as favorable weather for grain production continues to boost agricultural prospects.

 

 

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