date:Sep 07, 2012
Brazil is starting to plant an expected record-large soy and corn crop, this month. Challenges are showing up in every phase of production, from purchasing fertilizers -- already facing a shortage of ships and late deliveries -- to marketing of grain - that will be dangerously concentrated in February and March. Representatives of producers and industry race against time to avoid a logistic blackout.
In addition to the expansion of the cultivated area, mainly in soybeans, the weather forecasts