Last week, DATAGRO Grãos released its third survey for the 2025/26 South American soybean crop, confirming a new record for planted area on the continent. According to the consultancy, producers planted 72.917 million hectares with the oilseed, a 1% increase compared to the 72.244 million hectares cultivated in the 2024/25 season and the ninth consecutive increase. "As in the previous crop, producers observed heterogeneous growth in planted area, with increases in Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia, but with decreases in Argentina and Uruguay," the consultancy details. Regarding productivity, the new estimate reflects relatively normal weather patterns, better than the previous crop. Some losses in productive potential occurred in Argentina, Uruguay, and the extreme south of Brazil. "However, with positive input utilization, we have a projected average productivity of 3,421 kg/ha (3,411 kg/ha in the previous report), 2% higher than the record 3,359 kg/ha achieved in the 2024/25 season." Finally, DATAGRO Grains indicates that, given this larger area and yield close to normal, "we have reached a revised production of 249.4 million tons for 2025/26, 3% higher than the revised record harvest of 242.6 million tons last year. For Brazil, the consultancy estimates the 2025/26 soybean harvest at 183.0 million tons, a 5% increase compared to the previous cycle. Argentina is expected to produce 48.5 million tons, followed by Paraguay, Bolivia, and Uruguay, which should harvest 12 million tons, 3.7 million tons, and 2.2 million tons, respectively."
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.