Markets Print edition: 2023-08-16

Brazil farmers harvest 71pc of corn

Published August 16, 2023 Updated August 16, 2023 05:50am
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SAO PAULO: Brazilian farmers had harvested 71% of the area planted for their second corn crop in the center-south region by Aug. 10, consultancy AgRural said on Monday, up 7 percentage points from the previous week.

Work in the fields still lags behind the previous season, the consultancy said in a statement, when at the same time 85% of Brazilian corn fields had been reaped.