Friday, August 10, 2012

RTRS-Brazil raises official 2011/2012 corn crop estimate

SAO PAULO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Brazil's government raised its estimate for the 2011/12 corn crop to a record 72.7 million tonnes on Thursday, compared to its 69.48 million tonne forecast from July.


It kept its forecast for the now completed soybean crop nearly the same at 66.4 million tonnes compared to 66.37 million tonnes from July.