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SOYBEANS

Brazill is the World leader in Soybean production
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 Oilseeds and Products Update
Post lowered its 2021/22 forecast for soybean planted area to 40.4m ha.
JAN 2022
Soybean Transportation Guide
Brazil 2019

Agricultural Marketing 
Service
AUG 2020
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AG NOTES: SOYBEANS
  • Soybeans represent 6.3% of Brazil's GDP; 2023 crop estimated at R$691 billion (US$ 141 billion).
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  • Soy should account for 30% of the Gross Value of Production of Brazilian agriculture. With the perspective of a record harvest, oilseed should be responsible for moving more than R$ 368 billion in 2023. 

  • In 30 years, soybean production in Brazil increased by 557%
    Comparison of data from the 1992/93 harvest with the current one shows the evolution of area, production and grain productivity in the country.

  • Brazil produces more than a third of all soy consumed in the world. Brazilians are the largest grain producers on the planet.

  • 67.4% of exported Brazilian soybeans are transported by highways, 24% by railroads and 8.6% by waterways.

  • The largest soy producers in Brazil are Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Goiás.
ABIOVE
​The Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries
ANEC
National Association of Cereal Exporters
TOP 10
Soybean Producing Municipalities
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KORY MELBY BRAZIL AG CONSULTANT - TOP 10 PRODUCING MUNICIPALITIES
MARCH 2023
Ranking of
​Soybean Producing States
2022/23

Mato Grosso - Parana - Rio Grande do Sul - Goias

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Arte: Matheus Frois/ Canal Rural
BRAZIL  
SOYBEAN PRODUCTION
Map soybeans Brazil
  • The top three soybean meal exporters are the US, Brazil and Argentina.
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TOP EXPORTING STATES

  1. Mato Grosso
  2. Parana
  3. Rio Grande do Sul
  4. Goias
TOP SOYBEAN PRODUCERS

Some Brazilian Soybean History

​China doesn't need US soybeans, thanks to Richard Nixon  (CNN)
AGBR: Oilseeds & Soybean production previous year
KORY MELBY AG BRAZIL: Oilseed & Soybean Production 2022/2023
GLOBAL SOY MOVEMENT
Global Soybean Map
AGBR World Soybean Map
Oil Seed processing capacity - China, Argentina, USA, Brazil
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The map is outdated (2001) but gives an idea when comparing the two growing areas of soybeans.
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
ARGENTINA SOYBEANS