Brazil’s AntiRust Consortium announced today that there will be a yields fall on soybean crops in the three southern states of the country. In Rio Grande do Sul, 118 rust spots were registered until last week, while other 92 spots were detected in Paraná and 52 in Santa Catarina.

Specifically in Rio Grande do Sul, there is another problem reported as the states approaches the end of harvest. Dryness has affected the southern part of the state, a recent agricultural frontier, generating losses, according to Rio Grande do Sul’s Rural Institute of Technical Assistance. That pushed output estimates down to less than 15 million tons in that state, but it would still be a production record.

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