Planting wheat reached 96% of the initial estimate of 739.4K hectares to be cultivated in Rio Grande do Sul, Emater / RS-Ascar said in a weekly report. Jobs are behind schedule compared to the same period last year, when volume was at 99%. Despite this, the index is still ahead of the average of the 2014 to 2018 crops, with 92%. Most of the area still to be planted is in the Caxias do Sul region, whose planting occurs later, according to climatic risky agricultural zoning, due to the probability of late frost, according to the entity. In the region of Emater / RS-Ascar of Ijuí, which represents 30% of the State area, the crop is almost at the end of the plantation, remaining areas in the municipalities where the zoning extends until July 20 for late cultivars.
Source: Canal Rural