Cotton planting advances in the Mexicali Valley in Mexico

MARIA MERCEDES GARCIA. THE MEXICAN. Permits have been granted for planting 13,276 hectares and the established area is 6,548, which represents 36% progress. MEXICALI, Baja California. The state representation of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development in Baja California (SADER), reported that permits have been issued for the planting of 13,276 hectares with cotton cultivation, during the current agricultural cycle spring-summer 2022, in the District of Rural Development 002, Colorado River of the Valley of Mexicali. The area established to date adds up to a total of 6,548 hectares, which represents the progress of sowings of 36 percent, in relation to what was issued by the representatives of the Irrigation Modules. Likewise, SADER disclosed what was reported by the Sustainable Rural Development Centers, regarding the issuance of planting permits, being as follows: Benito Juárez 4 thousand 306 hectares; Enchantress 3 thousand 782 hectares; Delta 2 thousand 427 ...