The rain did not prevent losses from
drought in the soybean crop
Need more than 100 mm, but the average
would be located 10 to 25 mm
For Fernando Bertello | THE NATION
The lack of rain affected the production
in Canals, province of Córdoba.
Although rain was forecast for this
weekend in several areas of the Pampas,
rainfall would be enough to reverse
losses in the soybean harvest and
replenish the lack of moisture that
exists in soils.
With corn and irreversible damage in
large areas, bet the producers are
trying to do a relatively good season
with soy. In any cycle, the oilseed
consume between 400 and 600 millimeters,
but now with the drought in many places
that planted last October is not reached
even half of these records.
"Sunday, Monday and Tuesday the rains
will generalize, but will be highly
variable, from 10 to more than 100
millimeters," said Eduardo Sierra, a
specialist in agroclimatology. According
to Sierra, while rainfall will have the
full range of variability, "the average
will be about 10 to 25 millimeters."
With that level of rainfall, Sierra
said, "most of the agricultural area
will continue with just living a day."
A report by the Institute of Climate and
Water of the National Institute of
Agricultural Technology (INTA) stated
that rainfall "have a great variability
in its intensity and spatial location."
According to Sierra, now the humid
pampas generally need to receive more
than 100 millimeters. "I'd have enough
rain to replenish soil moisture, or
about 150 mm at least, and then would
have to keep pouring in abundance," he
said. To take into account, had a shower
that would reach 50 mm for normal growth
for only ten days.
Before the rains came last week, much of
the pampas were 40 to 50 days without
rainfall.
For this campaign, initial projections
were that the crop production reached 52
million tons. However, estimates have
been falling like a slide. Rodolfo
Rossi, a renowned specialist in the
production of soybeans and a member of
the Association of Chain Soy Argentina
(ACSOJA) estimates that the harvest is
now closer to 44 or 45 million tons. In
fact, according to Rossi, the situation
in which soy is difficult in several
areas that can consume the water it
needs. Today in the reproductive stage
that consumption should be around 6 mm
per day.
"In the conditions that many lots are
already affected, mainly in plant
growth, consumption [of water] will be
reduced because there is a leaf area
[the aerial part of the plant] that can
produce such consumption," said the
specialist.
EMERGENCY
While producers await the rains continue
to make estimates of the economic impact
of the drought . In Parchment, local
Rural Society estimated that losses in
that area already exceed $ 80 million.
"The northern region of Buenos Aires is
experiencing one of the most intense and
prolonged droughts in recent decades,
which has caused losses of 60% in the
corn crop and a floor of 30% in the
potential production of soybeans," said
the entity.
Despite the losses of the producers, the
State as of that region will be $ 44
million in deductions.
To all this, the government of Santa Fe
declared emergency and / or agricultural
disaster to farms located in all
districts of the departments July 9,
Vera, General Obligado, San Cristobal,
in the northern province, and General
Lee, in southern Santa Fe.
NEW SECRETARIAT
The Government shall set up within the
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and
Fisheries another undersecretary. It
will be the Secretariat of Value Added
and Technological Innovation.
Yesterday in a meeting with grain
brokers across the country, the minister
of the area, Norberto Yauhar, referred
to this new body.
According to reports, he would be in
charge of this unit is the current
secretary of agriculture, Oscar Solis.
The new unit will address issues such as
the generation of added value in origin,
the application of biotechnology and
agro-energy.
There, a central management will drive
the armed officer of companies that will
bring more value to what they already
produce. In several speeches, President
Cristina Kirchner talked about how the
field should add value to their
production.
Meanwhile, Marcelo Yasky, which are
already working in the Secretariat of
Agriculture, Solis would replace the
head of that agency.
drought in the soybean crop
Need more than 100 mm, but the average
would be located 10 to 25 mm
For Fernando Bertello | THE NATION
The lack of rain affected the production
in Canals, province of Córdoba.
Although rain was forecast for this
weekend in several areas of the Pampas,
rainfall would be enough to reverse
losses in the soybean harvest and
replenish the lack of moisture that
exists in soils.
With corn and irreversible damage in
large areas, bet the producers are
trying to do a relatively good season
with soy. In any cycle, the oilseed
consume between 400 and 600 millimeters,
but now with the drought in many places
that planted last October is not reached
even half of these records.
"Sunday, Monday and Tuesday the rains
will generalize, but will be highly
variable, from 10 to more than 100
millimeters," said Eduardo Sierra, a
specialist in agroclimatology. According
to Sierra, while rainfall will have the
full range of variability, "the average
will be about 10 to 25 millimeters."
With that level of rainfall, Sierra
said, "most of the agricultural area
will continue with just living a day."
A report by the Institute of Climate and
Water of the National Institute of
Agricultural Technology (INTA) stated
that rainfall "have a great variability
in its intensity and spatial location."
According to Sierra, now the humid
pampas generally need to receive more
than 100 millimeters. "I'd have enough
rain to replenish soil moisture, or
about 150 mm at least, and then would
have to keep pouring in abundance," he
said. To take into account, had a shower
that would reach 50 mm for normal growth
for only ten days.
Before the rains came last week, much of
the pampas were 40 to 50 days without
rainfall.
For this campaign, initial projections
were that the crop production reached 52
million tons. However, estimates have
been falling like a slide. Rodolfo
Rossi, a renowned specialist in the
production of soybeans and a member of
the Association of Chain Soy Argentina
(ACSOJA) estimates that the harvest is
now closer to 44 or 45 million tons. In
fact, according to Rossi, the situation
in which soy is difficult in several
areas that can consume the water it
needs. Today in the reproductive stage
that consumption should be around 6 mm
per day.
"In the conditions that many lots are
already affected, mainly in plant
growth, consumption [of water] will be
reduced because there is a leaf area
[the aerial part of the plant] that can
produce such consumption," said the
specialist.
EMERGENCY
While producers await the rains continue
to make estimates of the economic impact
of the drought . In Parchment, local
Rural Society estimated that losses in
that area already exceed $ 80 million.
"The northern region of Buenos Aires is
experiencing one of the most intense and
prolonged droughts in recent decades,
which has caused losses of 60% in the
corn crop and a floor of 30% in the
potential production of soybeans," said
the entity.
Despite the losses of the producers, the
State as of that region will be $ 44
million in deductions.
To all this, the government of Santa Fe
declared emergency and / or agricultural
disaster to farms located in all
districts of the departments July 9,
Vera, General Obligado, San Cristobal,
in the northern province, and General
Lee, in southern Santa Fe.
NEW SECRETARIAT
The Government shall set up within the
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and
Fisheries another undersecretary. It
will be the Secretariat of Value Added
and Technological Innovation.
Yesterday in a meeting with grain
brokers across the country, the minister
of the area, Norberto Yauhar, referred
to this new body.
According to reports, he would be in
charge of this unit is the current
secretary of agriculture, Oscar Solis.
The new unit will address issues such as
the generation of added value in origin,
the application of biotechnology and
agro-energy.
There, a central management will drive
the armed officer of companies that will
bring more value to what they already
produce. In several speeches, President
Cristina Kirchner talked about how the
field should add value to their
production.
Meanwhile, Marcelo Yasky, which are
already working in the Secretariat of
Agriculture, Solis would replace the
head of that agency.
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