Brazil forecasts record output of 250.5 mln tons of grain in 2020


  • World
  • Wednesday, 12 Aug 2020

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Brazil, one of the world's leading grain producers, expects to see a 3.8 percent increase in its output of cereals, beans and oilseeds in 2020 compared to 2019, for a record 250.5 million tons, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said on Tuesday.

According to an IBGE report, this year the South American country will cultivate 2.6 percent more land than in 2019, for a total of 64.9 million hectares.

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