The Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries expects that some 8 thousand hectares will not be covered.
He Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) reported the data on the next harvest of rice and specified that the planting intention is greater than the amount of water available, so about 8 thousand hectares would not be covered.
The planting intention, according to MGAP data, is 160,085 hectares, while the area according to available water until the end of last month amounted to 140,800 hectares. In this way, from the wallet you drive Fernando Mattos They indicated that the expected planting area is 152,000 hectares by 2023/2024, driven by new markets.
Regarding precipitation, the MGAP indicated that “after the last rains, there is a good level of water available for irrigation,” although he made the exception of the dams of Dead India and Corrals which “continue at a low level (between 25% and 50% respectively)”, as well as the northern area, where the channels have not yet been completed.
Taking these parameters into account, the government expects the planting period to be extended until the end of November.
The outlook for the rice sector
The president of the Rice Growers Association (HERE), Alfredo Lago, He referred to the issue and assured in dialogue with Radio Carve that the planting “is still incipient in terms of area,” while clarifying that “the quantification of water collection is different between regions,” according to the amount of rain.
After the worst drought of the century, Lake maintained that the agricultural sector It has “a much more favorable situation in relation to what it was in August and September, when it was barely exceeding 50% of the stored water,” and then specifying that “today it is above 90%.”
In turn, the president of the HERE He stated that “in some places the excess of rain does not allow progress in the planting work, while in others there is still a lack of water”, revealing the drawbacks of the harvest.
For all this, he anticipated that “the rice producer in Uruguay “It handles uncertainties because it is very difficult to know what the business will be like at this time of planting.” However, he dared to venture that “the price and demand indicators for rice in the world they could venture another year of good price and positive profitability.”
Source: Ambito
