Brazil: Corn silage harvest is affected by rains in Rio Grande do Sul

Published 2024년 6월 5일

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The article reports on the challenges faced during the corn silage harvest in southern Brazil due to heavy rainfall and frost. Despite some areas continuing the harvest on time, others have seen significant delays and quality reductions. The delay has led to plant mass reduction and fungal growth due to excess humidity. Some regions have experienced losses of up to 30% to 40%, with some areas even losing stored silage due to flooding. As of last Thursday, around 2.5% of the total cultivated area in Emater/RS-Ascar de Bagé still needs to be harvested.

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The harvest continued punctually, in the southern regions Last Thursday (30/05), the Situational Information released by Emater/RS-Ascar revealed that the corn silage harvest faced challenges due to rain in several regions of the state. While in the least affected areas, such as the Medium Plateau, the harvest continued punctually, in the South and Campanha regions, the activity was made unfeasible by the recurrence of rain. The result is that the operation is approaching its end, leaving few remaining crops, which face a reduction in volume and quality of plant mass due to the falling of plants and the delay in harvesting caused by excess humidity since the beginning of May. In the administrative region of Emater/RS-Ascar de Bagé, for example, approximately 130 hectares still await harvest, equivalent to 2.5% of the total cultivated. Recently harvested areas and those to be ensiled in the coming weeks show a reduction in dry mass and grain productivity, due to rain and also the ...

Source: Abramilho