By Fabiana Batista
(Bloomberg) --
Dry conditions and warmer temperatures seen stressing coffee crops in the next two weeks while also favoring harvest and drying of beans, Celso Oliveira, a meteorologist at Somar Meteorologia in Sao Paulo, says in text message.
Maximum temperatures may reach between 30 and 35 degrees Celsius in most coffee, sugar-cane and orange crop areas
Soil moisture may decline further from already critical levels
In most of Minas Gerais, parts of Sao Paulo, Mato Grosso, Tocantins and Bahia, water availability in the soil is below 10%, when the minimum level for crop development is 60%
Two cold fronts may enter in Brazil’s south this week and next, although neither may be enough to ease heat or bring rains to these areas, Oliveira says
“Heat conditions may prevail for the next 15 days in most of coffee, orange, sugar areas.”
Rains expected only in Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and southern Parana this week
Paranagua port may also face precipitation, slowing down commodities shipments
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Crop growth remains moisture-stressed in over half of areas
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