Vegetables generate good expectations in Mexico

THE HERALD OF AGUASCALIENTES. Production costs rose but there will be value in the harvest. HOT WATERS. The head of Sedrae, Miguel Muñoz de la Torre, reported that in Aguascalientes the spring-summer cycle has started with the planting of vegetable crops, in more than 45,000 irrigated hectares, and another 85,000 rainfed hectares that prepare the land to be ready in the next month of May, waiting for the rains. With a perspective of 130,000 hectares to be planted this season, there is also an increase in production costs due to a variety of situations in international markets, but at the same time there is an expectation that the crops will have value and a good agricultural production result in Aguascalientes. The main production costs are in the fertilizers to nourish the plants and the seeds, he pointed out. For this, the Secretariat of Rural and Agribusiness Development came out early this year with the provision of agricultural implements, so that producers could buy their ...