Agricultural harvest with positive numbers supports livestock production in the Chaco

Published 2025년 6월 5일

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Dr. Mustafá Yambay, general manager of Ferusa, told Productiva TV that the current agricultural campaign in the Chaco is being positive, as it presents yields that exceed 4000 kg per hectare in soybeans, while silage corn and sorghum are between 45 and 47 tons per hectare. He mentioned that agriculture within the productive unit located in La Patria is carried out based on livestock, but due to rotation between grasses and legumes, oilseeds are also worked with, which this year had very good productivity. He added, however, that some cash crops, such as cotton, will have lower quality due to a lack of cultural care because of excessive rainfall and that some corn plots that were going to be harvested as wet grains could not be collected in time due to lack of ground conditions.

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Yambay highlighted that different challenges arise each year and that this is the sixth agricultural campaign they have been working on in the Chaco. He explained that the current harvest is showing very positive numbers in soybeans, with yields exceeding 4,000 kg per hectare, while in sorghum and corn silage, yields are between 45 and 47 tons per hectare. "We had soybean plots above 4,000 kg with a break-even point of 1,000 kg. We are chopping corn and sorghum with more than 45 and 47 tons, where we have a high-quality silo at G 150 to 170, so the meetings are to see what we do and what decisions to make," he emphasized. He stressed the importance of productive decisions in the field and the opportunities that this good harvest can provide, looking at food availability for the livestock unit. "Based on livestock, we decided to chop everything and store it in these enormous trench silos to keep it in the best possible way, so that opportunities in livestock are accompanied by ...

Source: Productivacm