Minister Fernando Mattos regretted the “irregularity” of the rains and warned of a “complicated forage situation.”
Crops continue to face severe frosts so far this winter.
Photo: MGAP
He Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP), rules out declaring a agricultural emergency at the national level despite the “complex winter” that the country is going through agriculturebut they clarify that the measures remain in force in the east of the country, more specifically in the departments of Thirty-three and Rochawhich were affected by torrential rains during the fall.
Last Wednesday, within the framework of the 2nd National Farm Congresshe Minister Fernando Mattos He explained at a press conference that “for now” a declaration of agricultural emergency for the entire national territory is not being considered.
“We are going through a difficult winter, there has been irregularity in the rains, luckily this week there was some precipitation that tempers this situation,” said the head of the Executive power.
In this regard, Mattos regretted that there had already been “many successive frosts” throughout the season and that there was “a complicated fodder situation” because during the fall it was not possible to sow normally due to the rains.
Mattos indicated that although they are closely monitoring the situation, the government department does not believe they will face a scenario as difficult as the one they had to go through in the flooded Treinta y Tres and Rocha police stations.
Frost hit the citrus sector hard in the north
On the other hand, the head of the MGAP stated that the Ministry is evaluating assistance to citrus sectorwhich has been severely hit by the succession of frosts.
“We are currently assessing the situation. There have been, mainly in the north, frost incidents such as those we had in July, which were extremely intense and very close to each other, causing some damage,” said Mattos, adding: “We are assessing the damage to see what response measures we can take with these producers.”
Source: Ambito
