Feb 23, 2023
69% of Mato Grosso's Safrinha Corn Will be Planted by End of Feb.
Author: Michael Cordonnier/Soybean & Corn Advisor, Inc.
The state of Mato Grosso is Brazil's largest safrinha corn producing state responsible for approximately 46% of the total 2022/23 acreage. Safrinha corn planting in the state is behind schedule because wet weather has delayed the soybean planting and thus the safrinha corn planting.
According to the Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics (Imea), farmers in the state had planted 50% of their safrinha corn as of late last week compared to 68.4% last year and 63.3% average. This represents an advance of 16.1% for the week.
The graph below from the Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics (Imea) shows the 2022/23 safrinha corn planting progress in Mato Grosso (red line).
Imea indicated that 80% of the safrinha corn needs be planted by the end of February if their 2022/23 statewide corn yield projection of 104.2 sacks per hectare (99.4 bu/ac) is to be achieved. Technicians at Imea are now estimating that 69% of the safrinha corn will be planted by the end of February. The later the corn is planted, the greater the risk of the crop running out of moisture before it has a chance to mature.
The graph below from the Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics (Imea) shows the projected 2022/23 safrinha corn planting progress in Mato Grosso (red dotted line).
