Brazil 2016/17 corn crop seen at 84 mln tns -Ag Ministry secretary (RT)

  • Neri Geller, secretary of farm policy at the Agriculture Ministry, said on Thursday that he thought that Brazil’s 2016/17 corn output would reach 84 mln tns due to increased planting in Parana state
  • Brazil suffered severe losses to its larger winter corn crop due to poor rains earlier in 2016, driving prices on the domestic market to record highs
  • Prices have since pulled back from highs but remain nearly twice the prices registered at this time last year
  • Brazil’s crop supply agency Conab forecast the current corn crop at 68.48 mln tns, down 19 pct from a year ago