Brazil will plant a record soybean area in 2026/27, but the increase is the smallest in two decades as tight margins finally slow the great expansion.
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Key Facts
—The record. Brazil will plant a record 49.006 million hectares of soybeans in the 2026/27 season, according to consultancy AgRural.
—The slowdown. The 0.9% increase, about 443,000 hectares, is the smallest annual expansion in two decades.
—The streak. It is still the 20th year in a row that the planted area has grown, an unbroken run of expansion.
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