![]() Last crop, Luiz planted 700 hectares of non-GMO soybeans. Better contracts and the attractive premium will consolidate the country in the leading position as a non-GMO soybean supplier to the world”, says César Borges, President of the Soja Livre Institute.Ī farmer in Campos de Júlio, Mato Grosso state, Luiz Tadeu Garcia Tatim will grow 1540 hectares of non-GMO soybeans for the next crop – over 50% of his farming area. “Brazilian farmers will grow non-GMO soybeans over increased acreage, yielding enough volumes to supply global importers. The average premium paid in the market hovers around US$ 6.00 per bag, according to the Soja Livre Institute. According to data collected by the Mato-Grosso Institute for Agricultural Economy (Imea) over production costs, the average results for non-GMO farmers exceeds 7.5 (60 kg) bags per hectare gains in performance, when compared to GM soybean crops. In Mato Grosso, 491.6 thousand hectares will be seeded with conventional soybeans, a 34.6% growth in acreage compared to the last crop, pegged at 365.2 thousand hectares.ĭespite the small scale compared to the GM crop, farmers are encouraged by gains in planting and sales over non-GMO soybean crops, a trend expressed by the current high demand for non-GMO seeds. The state of Mato Grosso is the largest producer of non-GMO soybeans in Brazil, yielding nearly 50% of the national production, followed by Paraná, Goiás, and Mato Grosso Sul. ![]() The Instituto Soja Livre, the non-GMO branch of the National Association of Soybean Farmers (Aprosoja), projects the total non-GMO area at 986.2 thousand hectares, or 2.4% of the total national soybean production, figures that may still see further increases, only limited by the availability of non-GM seeds in the market. The non-GMO soybean acreage in Brazil is expected to increase over the 2022/23 crop. Mato Grosso, the largest producer at the state level in Brazil, will have the local non-GMO production increase by 34% over last year. The 2022/23 crop is expected to see growing non-GMO soybean acreages across the whole country.
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