By Roberto Samora
SAO PAULO, June 28 (Reuters) – A robust polar air mass transferring by the South and Southeast areas in Brazil this week will in all probability injury fields of corn, however the threat is smaller for issues in areas of sugar cane and low, analysts and climate facilities mentioned on Monday.
There’s forecast of frosts occurring from Tuesday to Thursday in most areas within the state of Parana — Brazil’s 2nd largest grain producer — in components of Mato Grosso do Sul and within the southern a part of Sao Paulo state, the nation’s #1 sugar cane grower.
Parana’s climate company Simepar says mainly all areas within the state will see frosts within the subsequent days. Meteorologists Rural Clima mentioned neighboring Paraguay may even see frosts that might impression its corn.
“The state of affairs is sophisticated for the 2nd corn crop within the west and south of Parana, within the Mato Grosso do Sul state and in Paraguay,” mentioned Rural Clima’s meteorologist Marco Antonio dos Santos.
“Frosts may additionally hit some sugar cane and low areas within the northern a part of Parana and within the southern a part of Sao Paulo,” he added. These areas, nevertheless, account for a really small a part of Brazil’s espresso and sugar manufacturing.
Rural Clima and likewise Somar Meteorologia see a low threat of frosts hitting the primary espresso areas in Minas Gerais, in addition to the biggest sugar cane fields within the northern a part of Sao Paulo.
For corn, the injury might be sure since many fields had been planted later than common, a results of delays on the soybean crop, and are nonetheless within the stage when chilly climate might be dangerous.
The Brazilian second corn crop, or winter corn, has already misplaced potential yield as a consequence of an extended dry spell this 12 months, so the frosts would additional scale back the manufacturing.
(Reporting by Roberto Samora; extra reporting and writing by Marcelo Teixeira in New York; Modifying by Aurora Ellis)
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