Brazil Soybeans Roraima

* State-Level Production (as % of total) Mato Grosso Parana Rio Grande do Sul Goias Mato Grosso do Sul Minas Gerais Bahia Sao Paulo Maranhao Santa Catarina Tocantins

30 19 13 12 8 5 4 3 2 2 2

Other

~2

a – Ceara b – Rio Grande do Norte c – Paraiba d – Pernambuco e – Alagoas f – Sergipe

Para

Amazonas

Acre Rondonia

Mato Grosso

Mato Grosso do Sul

Soybean crop calendar for most of Center-South Brazil Santa Catarina

Harvesting APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

d

Bahia

f

e

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

Minas Gerais Sao Paulo

Soybean Production *Average (2005-09) Rio Grande do Sul

Minor Agricultural Weather Assessments World Agricultural Outlook Board

c

Parana

Planting

Flower Fill MAR

Tocantins

b

Goias

Source: IBGE Brazil

FEB

a

Piaui

* 2005 to 2009 Average

JAN

Maranhao

Production Intensity *Source: IBGE

Major