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The rainy season continues to establish itself, covering virtually every major growing region in Brazil with 2″ to 3″ of precipitation this week.  Planters are rolling hard, trying to make up for lost time.  The soybean crop will likely be close to 25% planted overall by the middle of this week.  We expect planting pace to continue to accelerate, to the point where they can plant close to 15% per week.  This would allow planting to catch up to its historical average by late November.  In other words, while the crop may have started late, it could still finish on time.  The state of Parana is nearly half completed already.   My family finished planting nearly 1,300 acres of first crop corn this past Monday.  All of that will go to silage.  Minas Gerais has steadily grown to become the largest first crop corn producer in Brazil.  I think the fact that it is the largest dairy production state has something to do with it.  Over 50% of the first crop corn has already been planted and is closely in line with its historical average.  The Southern states of RGDS, Santa Catarina and Parana will be finished soon.   Argentina…

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