Ampasul announces start of cotton harvest in the North of MS

The machines entered the field in the municipalities of Cassilândia, Chapadão do Sul and Costa Rica. In these municipalities, according to the Sul-Mato Grosso Association of Cotton Producers (Ampasul), harvesters must cover the equivalent of 24,871 hectares, which corresponds to 80% of the total area destined for cotton cultivation in Mato Grosso do Sul, during the first cycle. The region expects productivity above 300 arrobas of seed cotton per hectare. "In 2019 the harvest reached productivity of 309 arrobas per hectare and a production close to 175 thousand tons of cotton seed, transforming into 70 thousand tons of feather. The producers this year, despite the drought, invested in inputs and technology and this can make us at least reach the levels of the previous harvest ", points out the executive director of Ampasul, Adão Hoffmann. "The numbers for this harvest will certainly mitigate the negative impacts that Brazil and Mato Grosso do Sul are experiencing, in this phase of ...