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September 13, 2013
Brazil's grain production grows 12.6% on-year
Brazil will harvest 187.09 million tonnes of grains in this year season, a 12.6% growth compared to nearly 166.2 million tonnes in 2012.
According to a release from Brazil's National Supply Company, the country's total planted area of grains in the country was 131.8 million acres. The most significant jump on acreage was on the soy area of 6.6 million acres more to 68.4 million acres. Second corn crop increased 18.1% to 22.2 million acres. On the other hand, the total corn area just grew by 4.8% with a total of 39.2 million acres.