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Post decreases the Brazilian coffee production for Marketing Year 2023/24 (July-June) to 66.3 million 60-kg bags, based on a projected decline in robusta/conilon production. Post forecasts arabica production at 44.9 million bags, a 12.8 percent increase over the previous season, due to an increase in planted area and higher yield.

Brazil has recently started planting its corn crop for the 2023/24 season. However, due to high production costs and lower expected earnings, profit margins are under pressure. As a result, Post predicts a decrease in planted area, with production for the next season estimated to drop from 135 MMT (MY 2022/23) to 130 MMT (MY 2023/24).

For market year (MY) 2018/2019 (January – December 2019), Post revises its apple production estimate down to 1.07 million metric tons (MMT), a 2-percent drop compared to the previous year.

The Brazilian orange crop for MY 2019/20 is forecast at 370 million 40.8-kg boxes (MBx), equal to 15.1 mmt, a decrease of 22 percent relative to the current season, due to weather-related....

On November 5, 2019, Brazil announced its decision to finally implement a long-sought duty-free tariffrate quota (TRQ) for 750,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat imports from non-Mercosul countries.

Post forecasts Brazil's 2019/20 marketing year (MY) cotton area to reach 1.65 million hectares (ha), an increase of about 2 percent on the current season's estimated area of 1.62 million ha.

Post forecasts Brazil's 2019/20 marketing year (MY) cotton area to reach 1.65 million hectares (ha), an increase of about 2 percent on the current season's estimated area of 1.62 million ha.

ATO/Sao Paulo coffee production estimate for MY 2019/20 (July-June) was revised downward to 58 million 60-kg bags, due to lower agricultural and de-husking yields than previously projected....

Post forecasts dairy production to increase by 2 percent in 2020, mostly driven by higher exports of dairy products and an increase in domestic demand attributed to economic improvement.

Post forecasts dairy production to increase by 2 percent in 2020, mostly driven by higher exports of dairy products and an increase in domestic demand attributed to economic improvement.

MY 2018/19 corn production is estimated at a record 101 MMT, 23 percent higher than the previous harvest, based on record area and yields.

Brazil’s Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20 sugarcane crush has been revised upward to 635 million metric tons (mmt) due to favorable weather conditions in the Center-south and the Northeastern....