they give up the first-class corn crop in Santa Fe due to the drought

they give up the first-class corn crop in Santa Fe due to the drought

“Was the crop that showed the greatest impact and a very complicated present, no room for reactionbefore an improbable general forecast of precipitations”, specifies the work.

In the weekly survey, it was observed only 25% of the batches in good condition, 50% fair and 25% bad, apart from cultivars that have already been chopped/bagged, rolled or destroyed for future planting.

“Given the advanced phenological stages and with the passage of days the expectations of the reaction of the cereal were fading and the possible yields would be lower than those obtained in the last campaigns, having a great impact on all production systems,” the text adds.

In addition, it indicates that “due to the high costs for chopping/bagging and the low quality of the material, some producers continued with the option of making rolls of the whole plants, which they would later market to farmers.”

Regarding the harvest sunflowercereal that covers some 121,700 hectaresthis week the harvest followed during all the days, with the exception of Thursday and Friday due to some precipitation.

The yields average continued to be variable and largely lowdue to the environmental characteristics of water and thermal stress that went through the cycle.

The Yields ranged from a minimum of 4 to 8 quintals per hectarea, while the best batches reached values ​​between 18 and 20 quintals.

“In general, the state of the oilseed depended on the rainfall that occurred in each zone and the phenological stage in which each plot was found,” while “sunflowers showed less development in the structures of the plants and in the size of the heads , which affected and would directly affect the performance component”.

In addition, it is estimated that in total there are more than 26 million heads that are currently at risk due to the fatal rainfall, which represents almost 50% of the national bovine stock. A sharp decline in the availability of meat is expected in the medium term and an increase of up to 100% of the product towards the end of the year.

Source: Ambito

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