One of the main orange producers in the country, the state of São Paulo should raise the harvest in the 2018/19 harvest, 331.3 million boxes of 40.8 kg, a rise of 3.60% compared to the previous season, according to the crop estimate released by the State Department of Agriculture. The data highlight that despite the increase in production, there were impacts due to the climate. The period of water deficiency, intensified by high diurnal temperatures, occurred during the flowering of the orchards that settled in much of the region producing orange, may have affected the glue. This climatic situation was noticed mainly in the regions of Botucatu and central of the state. However, this effect is very attenuated in the southeast and northwest regions, where orange predominates to the table, using irrigation. As it is a preliminary estimate, agricultural productivity is expected to be 31,341 kg / ha, equivalent to 1.99 cx./pe, registering an increase of 3.30% in relation to the previous crop. The next numbers will reflect the behavior of the crop more adequately. The volume presented counts the paulista orange harvest destined to the market and industry, the boxes lost in the productive process and the harvest, as well as the fruit coming from orchards that are not economically expressive. As for the total planted area (which includes an area with plants that are not yet productive), stability is expected (+0.50), although there is an expectation of 3.40% growth in areas where, in this harvest, there will be no harvest, albeit unevenly regionally. The area occupied with orange orchards in São Paulo is 457.7K ha, corresponding to 182.7 million plants, 94% of which are suitable for production.
Source: Universo Agro