http://www.agweb.com/blogs/ Welcome to the Southern View blog featuring fresh information about grains and cotton production in Brazil, along with information about Argentina's and Paraguay's crops. AgWeb.comhttp://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Argentina_Soybean_Seeding_10274/Bolsa de Cereales de Buenos Aires officially indicates a record soybean area for this season in Argentina.Eder SilveiraMon, 26 Oct 2009 16:37:55 GMT10274http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Soybean_“Field_Invasion_11463/In Brazil, the farm model is changing from “familiar” to “large-scale.” Times have changed, and farm policy needs to catch up.​Eder SilveiraWed, 18 Nov 2009 14:48:59 GMT11463http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Corn_and_Cotton_Acreage_Reductions_Predicted_11998/Eder SilveiraWed, 17 Feb 2010 14:41:05 GMT11998http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Conab_Estimates_Update_12055/Conab reports harvest estimative based on field survey done in the period March 16 and 20/2009. Results may reflects drought effects in southern crop areas, and flood in North and Northeast.Eder SilveiraMon, 08 Jun 2009 12:35:24 GMT12055http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Strong_Demand_Boosts_Crop_Prices_12115/Internal prices are a little better now due to currency situation.Eder SilveiraMon, 24 May 2010 09:39:58 GMT12115http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Good_Soybean_Yields_in_Brazil_12428/Brazil – Soybean harvesting reaching good yields in almost all regions.Eder SilveiraWed, 01 Apr 2009 08:42:38 GMT12428http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/South_American_Soybeans_13380/About 90 days after planting the crop 09/10 soybean, producers in Mato Grosso started early grain harvest in the state.Eder SilveiraWed, 23 Dec 2009 15:17:25 GMT13380http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/CONAB_Estimates_13404/Eder SilveiraWed, 10 Mar 2010 15:58:55 GMT13404http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Brasil_and_Argentina_Crops_13576/We see sx/cz very tight, and think about what we should do if planting in USA!Eder SilveiraWed, 25 Mar 2009 11:28:24 GMT13576http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Planting_Conditions_14075/Planting going on in CW regions of Brazil.Eder SilveiraWed, 11 Nov 2009 10:57:17 GMT14075http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/WASDE_Overview_14422/Well, for current crop we can take off about 2 million tons of soybeans in South America estimative: 1 from Brazil, and 1 from Argentina, at least. Actually, argies analysts say their soybean crop can make about 31 mi tons.Eder SilveiraTue, 12 May 2009 17:10:56 GMT14422http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Asian_Rust_Spots_Increases_in_Brazil_14527/In Whole Brazil, so far, were registered 2,810 spots with Asian rust. Its 33, 8% more than last year.Eder SilveiraTue, 28 Apr 2009 10:29:47 GMT14527http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Drought_in_the_South_14743/We talked to some producers in RS (Southern Brazil) and they are very worried with current drought.Eder SilveiraFri, 27 Mar 2009 09:22:40 GMT14743http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/CONAB_November_Estimates_14826/Production estimative for favorable climate conditions during the entire crop cycle.Eder SilveiraThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:31:04 GMT14826http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/CONAB_Increases_Grain_Production__15032/CONAB increased grains production by 2,253 million tons. It’s making some noise in local market because 2 million come from corn and soybean, with about 1.5 million tons for corn and about 500 thousand tons for soybeans.Eder SilveiraTue, 07 Apr 2009 16:08:30 GMT15032http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/CONAB_Estimats_for_next_Brazilian_Crop_16515/CONAB releases its 1st official estimates for next Brazilian grain crop, based on a September survey (14th to 18th).Eder SilveiraWed, 07 Oct 2009 09:46:38 GMT16515http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Conab_Reported_Brazilian_Production_Forecast_18155/See the official production estimates.Eder SilveiraThu, 07 May 2009 10:30:52 GMT18155http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Harvesting_Snapshot_18476/Conab just reported 67.4 million tons of soybean is expected to be harvested this year.Eder SilveiraThu, 08 Apr 2010 15:51:09 GMT18476http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/MT_Roads_-_Brazil_Internal_Logistic_Situation_18580/MT State grows 8% of world’s soybean offer. And as you can see at enclosed pix, there is some obstacles to producers keep expanding.Eder SilveiraThu, 28 May 2009 11:49:49 GMT18580http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Brazil_Tight_Profits_for_Soybeans__18607/Basically, soybean prices are composed by three factors: CBOT + internal basis + currency exchange.Eder SilveiraSat, 23 Jan 2010 12:15:59 GMT18607http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Brazilian_Crop_Estimates__18866/Eder SilveiraWed, 16 Dec 2009 12:47:57 GMT18866http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/Climate_vs_Crop_Size_19026/Too much rain in the South, and too few in Northern Brazil. This situation in retarding planting in these regions.Eder SilveiraThu, 03 Dec 2009 12:18:29 GMT19026http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/A_Large_Soybean_Seeding_for_Sure…_19650/There are many crops we hear Brazil must increase, such as beans, to supply world demand.Eder SilveiraTue, 20 Oct 2009 14:15:06 GMT19650http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/seeding_period_on_threat/We are facing La Niña effects. Eder SilveiraWed, 29 Sep 2010 09:31:00 GMT22051http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/weather_causing_big_problems_in_argentina_/The market is very worried about Argentina’s weather. Eder SilveiraTue, 28 Dec 2010 16:39:00 GMT22695http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/corn_and_soybean_2011_estimates/The Supply National Company (CONAB) announced this morning first estimative of 2011 for coming crop.Eder SilveiraFri, 07 Jan 2011 08:46:00 GMT22770http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/conab_ups_rice_cotton,_soybean_estimates/Significant changes from the last report. Last month total grains was estimated in 149.416,9 metric tons. Eder SilveiraThu, 10 Feb 2011 16:50:00 GMT23051http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/harvest_delayed_in_brazil/Harvesting was supposed to begin in the N/NE farm areas this weekend, but too much rains over all region delayed work again. Eder SilveiraMon, 14 Feb 2011 11:25:00 GMT23084http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/delays_for_south_american_harvest_remain/What may cause even more inflation on food prices? Harvest delays due to rains.Eder SilveiraFri, 04 Mar 2011 13:29:00 GMT23227http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/conab_march_report/CONAB numbers comes just in line with USDA.Eder SilveiraThu, 10 Mar 2011 09:39:00 GMT23262http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/still_raining_a_lot/While these sad disasters in Japan is dropping down prices in CBOT with worries about the demand - at least in short term, we see climate reducing the offer here in Brazil.Eder SilveiraTue, 15 Mar 2011 14:37:00 GMT23304http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/seeding_well_under_way_in_brazil/Early rains allowed seeding to begin a little earlier than last year in most regions. Eder SilveiraThu, 10 Nov 2011 15:16:00 GMT25123http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/hailstorm_ravages_brazil/Hailstorm in southern Brazil damages crops.Eder SilveiraFri, 16 Dec 2011 08:50:00 GMT25446http://www.agweb.com/livestock/dairy/blog/Southern_View_272/soybean_harvest_in_brazil/So far all regions have seen low yields. Eder SilveiraWed, 15 Feb 2012 13:01:00 GMT26064