Soluble carbohydrates and plant cold acclimation

Abstract

Brazil soybean production for 2020/21 is forecast at a record 133.0 million metric tons (mmt), unchanged despite the delay in planting and larger by 7.0 mmt (6 percent) from last season's record crop of 126.0 mmt. The harvested area is forecast at a record 38.6 million hectares (mha), up 1.7 mha (5 percent) from last season's record. Yield is forecast slightly below the 10-year trend at 3.45 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 1 percent from last year. This would be the second highest yield on record, with the prior record at 3.51 t/ha reached in 2017/18.