Paraguay: Rains make it possible to advance the sowing of soybeans and corn in the off-season

Farmers from various productive areas reported that the scattered rains of the previous week improved soil moisture, which is why many producers are thinking of replanting corn and soybeans in the Zafriña. In this sense, Cristi Zorrilla, president of the Agricultural Coordinator of Paraguay (CAP) in Caaguazú, affirmed that the registered precipitations were quite uneven, that they varied between 30 to 95 mm. “Soybean yields are around 1,200 kg per hectare and many planted again, others will plant after these rains, since in some areas they reached more than 15 mm; Less than that, no one can risk it, because seeds are scarce,” he said. In Alto Paraná there was also a disparity in rainfall, between 35 and 180 mm in recent days. Aurio Frighetto, representative of the CAP in the area, indicated that "it was not widespread, but it wet the ground well." In the case of San Pedro, Julio Chilavert, farmer and head of the CAP, pointed out that the soybean harvest is expected to start, since ...