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Argentina: Cover crops gain ground in the region

Argentina
Published Nov 15, 2021

Tridge summary

In Cañada Rosquín they occupy 20% of the surface. The feasibility of weed control with the decrease in the use of herbicides, the opportunity to incorporate organic matter and nutrients into the soil, the possibility of maintaining humidity in dry years and avoiding soil erosion, are some of the advantages of account when incorporating this strategy. The use of rye and the incorporation of vetch increased in the region.

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Although, the use of the latter is slow due to the high price of the seed. In addition, Carlos Pellegrini ventures into new crops such as fodder radish and triticale. In Cañada de Gómez they bet on grasses, such as oats. Final stretch of first soybean planting 80% of premium soybeans are planted in the region. But the ideal planting window begins to shrink. In Cañada de Gómez it ends on November 20. Although there are few plots to be sown, 550,000 ha, the rains forecast for the weekend could condition progress. On the one hand, rainfall would allow the recharge of reserves for the start of the crop, but, on the other, the volume of rainfall would condition the resumption of sowing, leaving a large number of hectares on the verge of being outside the optimal window of sowing. The first batches of wheat in the region are raised In south central Santa ...
Source: On24
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