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SAO PAULO, Jan 30 (Reuters) – The soybean harvest in Mato Grosso for the 2025/26 season advanced to 24.97% of the planted area in the week ending January 30, a pace above the 12.20% observed a year earlier and also higher than the average levels of the last five years, according to data from the Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics (Imea) released this Friday.
The weekly advance was 11.09 percentage points, maintaining the accelerated harvest of the 2025/26 crop in all regions of the state. The historical average is 12,571 TP4T for this time of year. The harvest is most advanced in the Mid-North (35,411 TP4T) and in the west (36,701 TP4T) of the state, the largest agricultural producer in Brazil.
While farmers in Mato Grosso are harvesting soybeans, they are also already planting corn and cotton for the second crop.
Corn planting for the 2025/26 season reached 15,591 TP4T of the area in Mato Grosso by January 30th, a significant increase compared to the 6,261 TP4T recorded in the same period last year.
The annual increase is 9.33 percentage points, while the weekly advance was 7.83 pp, but the pace is still below the historical average for the period, of just over 20% of planted area.
Cotton planting in Mato Grosso reached 67,75% of the area on January 30, an increase compared to the 53,48% recorded on the same date in 2025 and against a historical average of almost 60%, according to Imea.
(By Roberto Samora)
