SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Excessive rainfall in recent months has hampered the start of winter crops in Rio Grande do Sul, which is already affecting the sowing of cereals such as wheat, the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of the State of São Paulo said on Tuesday. State (FecoAgro/RS) in note.
According to the president of the entity, Paulo Pires, in some cities in the state it rained 1,000 millimeters in the last three months, after a drought at the beginning of the year.
“It seems that this rain was dammed up. And this greatly harms the plantations of both canola, which is practically being finished in terms of sowing in Rio Grande do Sul, and wheat that has just started,” he said in the statement.
Wheat planting began in the hottest regions of the state and now the federation’s forecast is for a week of rainfall, “which could be even more disruptive.”
Pires said that the wheat area should increase 16%, according to the Cooperative Technical Network (RTC), in view of the expectation of increased profitability with the cereal.
“With these prices practiced for wheat all over the world, the producer increased the area, mainly on top of the budget, with the possibility of income that he could have, even with the increase in cost by 51%, and also with the question that need this income,” he said.
(By Nayara Figueiredo)
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