While the Brazilian crop is developing, neighboring Paraguay is already harvesting rice in the 21/22 cycle. With just over two weeks since the beginning of the harvest, Paraguay is counting, so far, a good crop of rice in production and productivity, but expects problems for the final part of the harvest. The information is from the specialized website Planeta Arroz.
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In the last cycle, the country reduced its planted area due to the drought, which limited the supply of water for irrigation, but in this harvest the planted area grew 10.9% and totaled 183 thousand hectares. In relation to production, the expectation is 1.29 million tons. About 700 thousand tons should be destined for Brazil. As in the South of Brazil, Paraguay is experiencing a water shortage that can impact later rice crops, with difficulty in receiving irrigation with the low level of local rivers, such as the Tebicuary River and Paraguay River basins, a region that concentrates the biggest production. In provinces such as Misiones and Itapúa, the greatest losses are likely to be concentrated. Another problem encountered is the flow. As the Paraná River, the main logistic channel used by Paraguayans, is also at a low level, producers have been looking for ...