# Summer grain harvest shows good productivity - Revista Cultivar

> In Rio Grande do Sul, 84% of the soybean crop was harvested by April 20, with yields of 45 to 75 sc/ha. Corn harvest reached 87% of planted area, averaging 7.2 to 7.7 thousand kg/ha, above last year's 6.4. Some late-cycle soybean fields were hit by root rot.

- Date: 2017-04-20 · published 2017-04-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71354-summer-grain-harvest-shows-good-productivity-revista-cultivar
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Yields in Rio Grande do Sul are good overall, so the regional supply outlook is steady. Root rot limits gains in late fields but does not change the wider Brazilian supply picture.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2017-03-29 | [Grain production - Between Risks and Records - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71827-grain-production-between-risks-and-records-revista-cultivar.md) | -3.5% | -2.7% |
| SOY | 2018-03-29 | [2nd harvest is favored in MT and MS - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65845-2nd-harvest-is-favored-in-mt-and-ms-revista-cultivar.md) | +1.3% | +1.0% |
| SOY | 2018-03-13 | [Rain favors development of 2nd harvest crops - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65843-rain-favors-development-of-2nd-harvest-crops-revista-cultivar.md) | -1.0% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2018-10-09 | [Soybean planting progresses at a slow pace - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62376-soybean-planting-progresses-at-a-slow-pace-revista-cultivar.md) | +2.5% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2025-08-19 | [El Niño and La Niña affect grain production in Goiás and the Federal District - Cultivar Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23242-el-nino-and-la-nina-affect-grain-production-in-goias-and-the-federal-district.md) | +0.5% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2017-03-29 | [Grain production - Between Risks and Records - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71827-grain-production-between-risks-and-records-revista-cultivar.md) | +0.8% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2017-03-14 | [Rain distribution favored soybean harvest in Mato Grosso - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71828-rain-distribution-favored-soybean-harvest-in-mato-grosso-revista-cultivar.md) | +1.2% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2018-03-13 | [Rain favors development of 2nd harvest crops - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65843-rain-favors-development-of-2nd-harvest-crops-revista-cultivar.md) | -1.8% | +2.8% |

## Sources

- revistacultivar.com: https://revistacultivar.com/news/summer-grain-harvest-shows-good-productivity

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