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With the recovery of the area, feather production should rise again. After a decline in the 20/21 season, the projected volume is 2.79 million tons – an increase of 20.3% over the previous harvest, revised to 2.32 million tons.
“We are excited about the quality of the plume harvested now and the resumption of the planted area and production in the next harvest”, says the president of Abrapa, Júlio Cézar Busato. “Unfortunately, during the planning of the 2020/21 harvest, international cotton prices were below cost and the most logical decision was not to plant, but we will soon return to the production of 3 million tons that we had in the 19/20 harvest”, he assesses. .
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By the 16th of this month, 99% of the 20/21 harvest had already been harvested and 44% had been processed. Due to the climatic challenges imposed since cotton was sown, the estimated productivity of the cycle that is ending is 1,708 Kg/hectare, 5.2% lower than that achieved in the 2019/2020 season. The best performance was recorded in Piauí, with 2048 kg/ha, followed by Mato Grosso do Sul (1979 kg/ha), Bahia (1938 kg/ha) and Maranhão (1816 kg/ha).
Clipping: Notícias Agrícolas | Source: Abrapa
