[Video] Grain harvest surpasses 240 million metric tons
July 11, 2017 03h18 PM | Last Updated: July 18, 2017 04h06 PM
The 2017 grain harvest is expected to hit 240.3 million metric tons in 2017, with an increase of 30.1% in relation to 2016 (184.7 million metric tons), according to the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Peroduction of June, released by the IBGE today in the municipality of Chapecó, Santa Catarina. The state is the ninth biggest grain producer in the country. Carlos Alfredo Guedes, manager of the survey, says that increase results from climate changes which ended up beneficial to crops in 2017.
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Text: Diana Paula de Souza
Video: Mônica Marli, Licia Rubinstein
Photo: Eduardo Peret
Acknowledgements:
IBGE State Branch in Santa Catarina
IBGE Local Unit in Chapecó
Adriana Bandeira (regional coordinator of Census of Agriculture in western Santa Catarina)
