Rice planting began with force throughout Uruguay

In an area where rains are not of much concern throughout productive development since it is 100% irrigated, precisely this start of the 2023/24 harvest was totally dependent on rainfall. On the one hand, they were waiting throughout the winter, especially in the months of August and some of September, for a “strong and saving” rain that would fill the flow of many dams in the country that were carrying the consequences of the strongest drought. of history. Such is the case of India Muerta or Corrales, the two largest dams for rice irrigation in the country, located in the department of Rocha, which unfortunately did not benefit from that coup de grace of nature. In the case of the first, the flow achieved does not exceed 30%, while the second only reached half its fill. Something similar happens in areas in the north of the territory, Bella Unión or Tomás Gomensoro, where there were some similar complications with irrigation sources. On the other hand, these rains that were ...