Source: James Thompson, FARM FUTURES, 12/13/17


With Brazilians having planted 96% of the projected 87.2 million-acre soybean crop by late last week, I got to thinking of the crop’s meteoric rise. One of the country’s early attempts at bean production was just 1,700 acres, according to Amelio Dall’Agnol. And he ought to know. I first met Amelio Dall’Agnol at an agricultural fair in southern Brazil about 15 years ago. He’s a famous soybean researcher.

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