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30 Dec |
 In
western BA, Estimates
indicate Area planted to Soybeans has increased
For the 2012 harvest, grain occupied 1.15
million
hectares.
Crop price in the domestic market sells for an average of R$ 42 per
bag.
Barreiras producers in
western Bahia, are optimistic about the
summer crops. The weather helped, and the cotton and soybean crops
are doing well.
Soybeans in the region ranges from the period of flowering and grain
filling. For the crop to be harvested in 2012 there was an increase
in planted area by 5%, reaching 1.15 million hectares, according to
the first estimate of the Association of Farmers and Irrigators of
Bahia.
On the farm where Gilberto Becker is the manager 6,550 hectares were
planted. The expected output is 55 bags per hectare. This year, the
control of pests and fungi suggests good results at harvest. "One
contributing factor was the crop rotation, from planting to further
diversify the farm, which provided a smaller number of insecticides
applied in agriculture," he explains.
The price of grain in the domestic market is averaging R$ 42 per
bag. Many producers in western Bahia do business in the futures
market. In listing the CBOT, the contracts are closed for US$ 11 on
average, per bushel, which equals 27 kg of soybeans. Although the
price of grain is tending down in Chicago, farmers are not
complaining as 50% of the crop has already been marketed in the
region.
The cotton crops is almost in. In Barrieras, the area planted
increased of 2,850 hectares compared to last year. The area planted
has increased throughout the region as well. Last year's crop was
almost 1.5 million tons. The next crop is expected to reach 1.54
million tons, according to Aiba, Association of Farmers and
Irrigators of Bahia. With good soil moisture, cotton plants have
begun to sprout.
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