The extreme heat and lack of rains lit the yellow alerts in Chaco, Formosa and Salta. No national funds for assistance.
The high temperatures and the lack of rains lit the yellow alerts in the large north because this combo could affect agricultural activities, both crops and standing. From the Chaco, the Confederation of Rural Associations asked the provincial governments that the taxes for the sector are equal to those of 2024, while in Salta, the Rural Society and the Association of Gran Producers of the North (Prgrano) indicated that if The lack of water persists would put the risk part of the agricultural campaign of this season.
“The drought does not give truce throughout the nordes of the country and we know that against these climatic circumstances the agricultural producers have no other solution to expect, with the patience that characterizes us in these aspects, and that the rainfall is regularized,” He points out a statement from Confederation of Rural Associations of the provinces of Chaco and Formosa (ChaFor). “We need provincial governments to give us a tax respite with respect to the rural real estate tax. We propose that the values of the year 2024 are supported with the same discount system for annual payment of 30 %. We do not want to stop paying, we only request from the provincial authorities, a collaboration in this regard and in this situation mainly, “closes the document that was already elevated to the governors Leandro Zdero (Chaco) and Gildo Insfrán (Formosa), it was indicated.
The request of the Chafor’s table, in whose presidency is the farmer Formoseño Guillermo Martínezis part of a series of claims that, as expressed on other occasions, are related to the High input costs -In which affects the price of the dollar- and the uncertainty of prices in international markets. In recent days, this sector was in favor of the decline the export rights decided by the government and that it will govern until June, although it warned that the sector seeks “its definitive elimination.”
“That it rains soon”
On the Salta stage, Joaquín ElizaldePresident of the Rural Society of that province, reported that the summer season started with good rainfall but the situation changed in December and was exacerbated in January. “The lack of rains also affects the livestock sector. Although the rains of October and November generated a good volume of grass, the January drought impacted its quality. The grass suffered drought and heat, although there is still volume. But it is necessary to rain soon to recover, “he said in an interview with the newspaper El Tribuno.
Francisco Vidalof the Association of Northern Grain Producers (Prgrano)he described that due to the extension of that province there was a marked disparity in the rains. “Last week, in Cornejo, 150 millimeters rained, but 20 kilometers barely fell 8 millimeters,” he said. According to the presiding entity, the Lerma Valley is the least affected area and the north and sectors of the department of Anta They are the most harmed areas. They are sown, “he warned.” Clearly in several areas the drought is being noticed. There are producers who could not sow soybeans due to lack of water, “Vidal closed.
No national funds for assistance
According to the general director of Agriculture of Salta, Juan Garay“The rains were good in October and November, which allowed a promising initial planting, but in December they began to scarce and together with extreme temperatures up to 42-43 °, the crops entered into water stress.” The most affected departments are Anta, Rivadavia, San Martín and Oran, according to official measurements.
“A week ago it does not rain in the east of the province and there are no significant rainfall until the weekend,” Garay stressed. The lack of water has delayed the corn and soybean sowingtwo of the main crops in the region.
To evaluate the situation, provincial government technicians toured the affected departments but, according to the official, the problem is exacerbated by the lack of emergency national funds. “At the national level there is an emergency law, but there are no funds available,” Garay warned. Salta, anyway, has its own Provincial Emergency Law and a program for situations like these.
Source: Ambito
