This year's harvest will be down 5.23%

22/09/2005 - 13h05

Cristiane Ribeiro
Reporter Agência Brasil

Rio - The latest estimates of grain production for 2005 are that there will be a reduction of six million tons (5.23%), compared to the 2004 harvest. Total production is now expected to reach just over 113 million tons, reports the government statistical bureau (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística) (IBGE).

The IBGE says that the smaller harvest is due to "either too much rain or not enough rain in various farm production areas of the country this year."

Translator: Allen Bennett

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