"We rice farmers have done our part, the State must do its part"

On Friday, November 28, the Annual Ordinary Assembly of the Rice Growers Association (ACA) took place in Treinta y Tres, where the situation of the sector was analyzed and a document was prepared in which the Board of Directors is tasked with taking measures in the face of the difficulties being experienced. Mario de Garrou, an experienced rice producer and knowledgeable about critical situations, told La Mañana that productively "the situation of the rice is good, with 80% sown in October, which is the best month, ensuring that most of the crop will catch the flowering in January, which is when there is the most solar radiation, and as it is planted with the water that is known to be available, a good harvest could be expected." He clarified that he has already completed the sowing intention over the area that has water, but that is a total of 9000 hectares less than what the producer would have liked to sow, and that he cannot because of lack of water. Rice is a stable crop in ...