IBGE raises Brazil’s 2026 grain harvest estimate to 354.5 million tonnes
IBGE’s September LSPA estimate, released on 15 October, puts Brazil’s 2026 cereal, legume and oilseed output at 354.5 million tonnes, 2.4% above its estimate for the 2025 crop.
Event / data period: 2026-09
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IBGE’s September Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA) estimated Brazil’s 2026 cereal, legume and oilseed harvest at 354.5 million tonnes. The estimate is 0.4% above August’s and 2.4% higher than the estimate for the 2025 crop.
Harvested area was estimated at 83.2 million hectares, 2% above 2025. Output estimates rose 5.4% year over year for soybeans and 11% for sorghum, while wheat fell 24% and rice 11.4%. The LSPA is a monthly estimate and can be revised as new information arrives.
Data
2026 grain harvest estimate
IBGE’s September LSPA production estimate; not a final observed harvest.
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September production estimate
354.5 million tonnes; year-over-year change +2.4%.
Methodology
Figures are estimates transcribed from IBGE’s September 2026 LSPA tables.
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