Uruguay: Rice planting ends with 20% larger area

(By El Observador) Rice planting is almost complete, confirming a significant increase in the area occupied for the 2024/2025 harvest, 20% more than in the previous campaign, advancing to around 183 thousand hectares and coming close to the record, 205 thousand hectares for the grain from the 1998/1999 cycle. Alfredo Lago, president of the Rice Producers Association (ACA), told El Observador that this year the agricultural work of installing cereal crops has been characterized by its extension. He recalled the first plantings carried out in Artigas at the beginning of September. Almost two months later, at the end of November, there are farmers planting, as a result of the weather factor that has been causing interruptions in the entry of machinery onto the farms. In general, he explained, despite this we can speak of a satisfactory start to the harvest, at least for the majority of the almost 500 producers who plant, although he admitted that there are cases in which delays have ...