Producer Jorge Paoloni anticipates a decline in the rice-growing area of Entre Ríos in the upcoming campaign: "Here everything is má

Rice production is coming off a good season, with an increase in planted area and productivity per hectare, according to Entre Ríos producer and industrialist Jorge Paoloni. "It was the best of the last decade, the area in Entre Ríos increased 15%," he indicated. This productive increase was repeated in other producing countries in the region such as Paraguay and Brazil, and because of this, prices, which in previous years had reached record values of 300 dollars per ton, began to drop and reached the current 220 to 250 dollars. With these values and high costs, very high yields will be required in the agricultural cycle about to start. The accounts are very tight and for this reason a drop in planted area is estimated. Regarding this, Paoloni said: "The campaign will be finally defined in the next few days, between the end of the month and mid-July. As the panorama presents itself, I believe the surface will surely be reduced by 15%." According to his explanation, rice production ...