THE DATAGRO Grains This week, it released its new monthly report with a survey for the 2025/26 Brazilian corn crop, bringing important adjustments compared to the previous month, resulting in a higher production estimate.
Summer corn
At the national level in Brazil, the projection for the area planted with summer corn in the 2025/26 crop season was slightly increased from 4.156 to 4.184 million hectares, representing a 9% increase compared to the previous season. The consultancy also positively adjusted the expected average productivity, from 6,958 kg/ha to 7,098 kg/ha. As a result, the production estimate rose from 28.916 to 29.700 million tons, a volume 17% higher than that harvested in the 2024/25 crop season (25.301 million tons).
Winter corn
For winter corn, whose harvest is already underway, the adjustments to the estimates were mixed. The projection for the planted area went from 18.782 million hectares in the May report to 18.728 million hectares in the current one – stable compared to the previous season. The expected average productivity rose from 5,983 kg/ha to 6,010 kg/ha, still well below the 6,318 kg/ha of the last cycle. Therefore, 112.378 million tons of corn should be harvested in the second crop, a volume 0.1% higher than projected in May, but 5% lower compared to the 2024/25 season.
Total for both harvests
Adding together the first and second harvests, Brazil is expected to harvest 142.253 million tons of corn in the 2025/26 season, a volume 1% lower compared to the 143.305 million tons recorded in the previous cycle, according to the new projection from [source missing]. DATAGRO GrainsThe estimate for May was 141.295 million tons.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.