The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) released today (8) the January estimate of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA). In 2023, the national harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds should reach 302 million tons. The number is 14.7% higher than the 2022 result, which represents an increase of 38.8 million tons. The January estimate is also more optimistic than that made in December, which pointed to a harvest of 296.3 million tons for 2023.
The numbers reflect two surprises, according to the IBGE: the production records of soy and corn, the main products of the Brazilian crop. Summer climatic conditions have favored crops. Soy should grow 23.4% compared to 2022, with production of 147.5 million tons. As for corn, the expectation is for an increase of 11.2%, with production of 122.5 million tons.
Other important products in the harvest are rice (10.3 million tons), wheat (8.7 million tons) and cotton (6.8 million tons). Coffee deserves to be highlighted for contradicting previous forecasts of decline. The estimated production for this year is 3.3 million tons, up 5.7%.
The forecast is for growth in the five regions of the country: Midwest (8.6%), North (11.1%), Southeast (1.0%), Northeast (1.8%) and South (38.6%). %). In the classification of states, the highest estimates are for Mato Grosso (29.3%), Paraná (14.9%), Rio Grande do Sul (13.0%), Goiás (9.2%), Mato Grosso do South (8.1%) and Minas Gerais (5.8%).
