Lack of Rain Limits Planting in Southern Mexico

Corn planting in southern Mexico's plateau advanced in a restricted manner due to sparse rainfall recorded in recent days. The information is contained in the Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin, published on Tuesday (20) by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). According to the document, "sparse rains in the southern plateau corn belt promoted planting on a limited scale, with many producers still awaiting seasonal rains". Some wetter regions received between 10 and 25 millimeters, but the volume is still insufficient for most of the producing zone. The USDA highlighted that important areas such as the western corn belt, including the state of Jalisco, have not yet benefited from precipitation. Jalisco is one of the key regions for summer corn production in the country. The absence of rain also predominated in other regions of Mexico, with the exception of localized precipitation in the southeast of the territory and brief showers on the Yucatan Peninsula. In the ...