Bahian municipality of Irecê is a new promising center for corn cultivation in Brazil

A survey carried out by the Union of Rural Producers of Irecê indicated that the municipality ended the agricultural year with approximately 140,000 hectares planted with corn, an increase of 40% compared to the previous harvest. The number makes the micro-region emerge as a promising pole for the cultivation of cereal, which until recently was exclusive to the north and west regions of the state. With well-distributed rains and crops already formed, the estimate of producers in the region is to harvest about 5 million bags of grain, almost double what was harvested in the last harvest. In the rainfed regime, that is, non-irrigated, farmers depend on good weather conditions to confirm the harvest forecast. “Everything is heading towards an excellent year. So far, the rains are good in volume and distribution and the vegetative aspect of the crops is excellent, an indication that we will not have setbacks with pests, such as the corn leafhopper, which compromised last year's ...