Agricultural cooperatives in the Rio Grande do Sul say this year’s wheat crop in the Rio Grande do Sul will be successful if the weather is favorable by the end of the cycle. Data are from the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (FecoAgro/RS) that estimates that the harvest can surpass 3.7 million tons in an area of almost 1.2 million hectares. According to the organization’s president, Paulo Pires, the progress has been positive so far. “Even if in some regions, such as Missões and Grande Santa Rosa, there was a lack of rainfall in July and August, there will be a normal harvest, unlike the past cycle when the frosts harmed the harvest”, he explains. The concern, according to the leader, is with the behavior of the weather until the end of the harvest. The concern is the weather. Pires also says that it is a booming market demanding wheat exports from mills, and for animal nutrition, which has been substantially growing with the support and encouragement of the entities.
Sources: Universo/DATAGRO (*Translated by Ia Niani)