Thursday, October 9, 2008

Breaking News-RTRS-Brazil's 08/09 soy crops seen at 60.10-61.27 mln T-govt

SAO PAULO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Brazil's 2008/09 (Oct/Sept) soybean crop was estimated at a record 60.10-61.27 million tonnes, up from last season's 60.02 million tonnes, the Agriculture Ministry said Wednesday.
In its first estimate for the country's grains production, the government's National Crop Supply Agency (Conab) said the corn crop would fall to 55.03-55.98 million tonnes from 58.6 million last season.