Brazil’s heatwave is delaying soy planting, adversely affecting the subsequent corn cycle typically planted after soy. In Mato Grosso, farmer Endrigo Dalcin illustrates the crisis. He planned to sow 4,900 hectares of soy, followed by corn but managed only 3,000 hectares. About a quarter of these crops died due to drought, forcing replanting and delaying […]
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