date:Feb 18, 2014
Analysts at Brazilian consultancy AgRural shaved 1.8 million tonnes off their estimate for Brazil's 2013-14 soyabean crop on Monday, saying drought in much of the country in recent weeks had reduced yields. AgRural expects a crop of 87 million tonnes, down from 88.8 million tonnes previously, and says average yield would be 49.1 60-kilogram bags per hectare rather than 50.1 bags per hectare. The drought had not hurt top producing state Mato Grosso, however, where the harvest is now 37 percent co