The area of soy sown in Uruguay It would grow from 8% to 10% during 2023 compared to the figures recorded in 2022.
These estimates about the soy were carried out in recent days by the commercial manager of Barraca Erro, German Bremermannin an interview with Radio Carve.
Bremermann assured that there has been “strong progress” in the demand for oilseed inputs and seeds by national producers, who look askance at the climate forecast for The boy and its potential effects.
“We could be exceeding 1.3 million hectares,” stated the commercial manager, since the growth in the planting area for the next harvest “will not be less than 8% or 10%” compared to 2022. if weather conditions finally allow it.
“The input-output relationship is positive,” he said. Bremermann in reference to the current values of the oilseed, which is above 450 dollars per ton, so the production of soy has been sustained in traditional areas.
The commercial manager added that, due to the current context, in several non-traditional areas some pasture areas for livestock could become soyand that this option has been strongly considered by several producers in the last month.
Soybeans and corn gained space due to the lower planting of winter crops
On the other hand, Bremermann explained that as a result of the decrease of some 100,000 hectares in the planting of winter crops, the soy and corn gained space, although the choice of one or the other depends on the production model of each producer.
Regarding rice systems, he said that the soy has been “growing and consolidating with good results in the rotation rice-soybeans-pastures“, but that there could be an increase in additional area “to the extent that there may be a water limit in the dams.”
Source: Ambito
