Consistent progress in sowing corn silage in Brazil

The area destined for the cultivation of corn silage increased to 84% of the projected total, as highlighted in the Emater/RS-Ascar Economic Information. The harvest for making whole-plant silage already reaches 35% of crops, boosting expectations for the 2023/2024 Harvest, which foresees 364,291 hectares of cultivated area, with an estimated productivity of 39,088 kg/ha. In the administrative region of Emater/RS-Ascar de Bagé, in Campanha, the crops planted in October are at the green corn stage. Farmers intensify monitoring and prepare machinery to begin ensiling work at the end of January. In Hulha Negra, the crops benefiting from the rains on 10/01 received applications of nitrogen fertilizer, and new plantings were carried out. It was also observed the germination of seeds that had been intact in the soil since planting, which took place in the last week of December. However, in areas with low volumes of rain and places without precipitation, symptoms of stress appear in ...