Brazil forecasts record 2017/18 soybean crop of 115.6 million tons

Brazil’s 2017/18 soybean crop is expected to reach 115.6 million tons, a record volume, 1.2% above the previous record last year of 114.2 million tons.Total planted area with soybeans in Brazil reached 35.25 million hectares in the current crop, 1.44 million hectares more than the previous, which compensated for an expected smaller average yield per hectare.