High capsule rot reduces the yield expectation for Chaco cotton

Published 2025년 6월 30일

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Ing. Agr. Marcelo Bonfanti, technical director of MM Agroconsultora, expressed in Nación Productiva that the cotton campaign in Chaco presented several challenges, from lack of water at the beginning of planting to excess rainfall from late February and early March, which will impact crop quality and yield, mainly due to high capsule rot. He mentioned that harvesting has not yet begun due to frost that delayed defoliation work and that the harvest expectation is around 2,500 kg/ha. He added that the break-even point is between 1,300 and 1,400 kg/ha with own collection equipment.

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The professional highlighted in the Sunday agro-classic, on the occasion when we discussed "Cotton Harvest in the Chaco: Situation, Quality, and Projection," that the main field where they are currently operating is located in the Ávalos Sánchez area, in the Presidente Hayes department, and that this is the third year of cultivation in the region. "We manage and advise this field, and in addition to that, we also provide specific advice in other fields in the Filadelfia area and plantings in other zones; in total, they are 5,000 hectares, but the main field where we are all the time is this one in Ávalos Sánchez," he expressed. Bonfanti mentioned that the campaign began with a lack of water at the beginning, which made planting work difficult, considering that the ideal planting window is until the end of January. "We initially lacked water and then had excess water from late February and early March, we had problems entering, and truthfully, we are just now having ground to enter ...
Source: Productivacm

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