Mexico: San Vicente stands out in celery production

SAN QUINTÍN, Baja California. The San Vicente delegation, located south of Ensenada, is among the areas where the highest production of celery was obtained, this was announced by Juan Manuel Martínez Núñez, representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in Baja California. The municipal official explained that in this delegation and in the Mission, the production of 1,268 tons of celery was obtained, during the autumn-winter cycle 2020-2021, that in this cycle, the sowing and harvesting of 40 hectares was achieved, the majority of them, located in the area of Maneadero, La Misión and San Vicente, the main producing areas of this vegetable. The official clarified that 100 percent of the celery plantings were carried out in the irrigation mode, in order to achieve greater production and yield at the end of the harvest. Regarding the yields obtained, he specified that a production of 31.71 tons per hectare was reached, according to what was reported by the ...