Climate
The South is semitropical and Center-West is
tropical, whereas, the United States has a temperate
climate (Schnepf, Dohlman and Bolling, pp. 9-10).
Productive areas in Brazil lie between latitudes of 10
degrees and 30 degrees in the Southern Hemisphere. The
United States lies mostly between northern latitudes of
30 degrees and 49 degrees. Crop production in Brazil is
about six months later than in the United States.
Brazil is generally milder and wetter than the United
States and temperatures vary little throughout the year.
Monthly average temperatures range 63-75 degrees
Fahrenheit (F) in Parana and 73-82 degrees F in Mato
Grosso which is frost-free throughout the year. Monthly
average growing-season precipitation ranges 4.5-7
inches in Parana and 5-8 inches in Mato Grosso. During
June-August, precipitation is almost nonexistent in
Mato Grosso.