Rice: there are good yields, but the heat hit hard and brought quality problems

Nevertheless, in the north, in the farms where the heat hit the hardest, quality problems are seenhe pointed.

“Different situations are seen in the northern farms. In cases where there were no water problems, the harvest is very good., quite similar to last year. But in either case, the quality of the rice is not good”, he assured.

Those farms that were “totally well irrigated” had a low whole grain quality, due to the effect of high temperatures. “Broken rice comes out of the husk, it is not a whole grain, complete”said.

in some farms water consumption increased by 20% during this exercisedue to water deficit, reported.

In general a shorter growing cycle was seen.

Dry and broken rice

With an average of 58% or more, the rice is considered to have an “excellent” quality, when that percentage drops, the quality also and “the producer begins to be punished” (in the price he achieves), he said. In the farms that were “poorly irrigated” There have been cases where the percentage of integer does not reach 10%and you can also see dry rice, he said.

The crop cycle was shortened by the heatthe rice matured earlier and very quickly, he explained.

In general, the rice “lowers one point of green” (ripening) per day, but in this harvest it dropped three to four points per day thanks to the heat; This prevented the entire grain filling and growth process from taking place, he mentioned.

five times greater

According to data from the Rice Growers Association (ACA) -updated on March 8- in the north of the country 28% of the harvest has already been made, in the east 3% and in the center 1.2%. There is a lot of game to play.

As reported by the union, there is a tendency to see crops advanced in their cycle and “high potential yields”.

In the north, there is an increase in the harvested area five times greater than in the last harvest, they highlighted. For this campaign, 163,800 hectares were planted throughout the country, 15% more than in the previous one, in which 143,000 hectares were planted. Sowing was done during October and the first 15 days of December, and most of the work of planting crops took place on the optimum date.

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Producers are concerned about input costs.

Inauguration of the harvest

This Friday, March 19, in a farm located near Río Branco, in Cerro Largo, the inaugural ceremony of the 2021/22 rice harvest will be held, with the presence of Luis Lacalla Pou, President of the Republic, and of the Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Fernando Mattos.

? SCHEDULE! ! Inauguration Rice Harvest 2022

?Rio Branco, Cerro Largo
? March 18
? 11 a.m.
? Face-to-face event
?@ACAoficial

〰️ Rice Harvest Inauguration 2022 〰️ pic.twitter.com/pfoP4mpEmw

– ACA (@ACAoficial) March 4, 2022

They expect good prices, but high costs

Alfredo Lago, president of the ACA, commented that “some rice” from this harvest has already been soldand ensured that from last harvest there is nothing left to market. As she said she, the production of this campaign was valued at US$ 360 per ton of paddy rice.

Pinczak added for his part that there are good expectations for the values ​​that exist in the international market, since Brazil has had a 30% decrease in its production and that “has moved the values”. In Paraguay, the price of the bag rose US$3 in less than a month, he assured, and it is already available at US$13, and in that country “there is already interest from Brazilian buyers.”

“We hope that the price will be good this year, because we are going to have a very high cost due to the international context. There is going to be a war for supplies, for their prices and for obtaining them. Last year the cost was high and this year it will be much more,” assured the producer about phosphorus, urea, nitrogen and potassium, the main inputs used in this crop.