Excellent yields of saffron corn, despite climatic adversity

Published 2025년 8월 12일

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Agricultural Engineer Jorge Escobar, technical manager of the ZUSA SACI firm, a production unit located in the Naranjal area, Alto Paraná, mentioned in Nación Productiva that despite many adversities faced by the maize crop campaign, such as lack of rain and excess humidity, followed by strong winds and frosts, they are achieving good results. He commented that, within the establishment, which registers a 70% harvest progress, an average yield of 8000 kg/ha and peak yields of 10,025 kg/ha are being reached. He added that the indifference point within the firm is located at 4500 kg/ha.

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During the Sunday agroclassic, when we conducted the Evaluation of the 2025 maize zafriña campaign, the professional commented that the harvest progress in the establishment is 70% and that the average yield is 8000 kg per hectare. Some plots recorded low yields, while others surprised with their high returns. "We are harvesting a lot, because with the climatic adversity we had, it is a lot and not only here with us, but in our area it is going well, we are talking about peak yield in our case just over 10,000 to 10,025 kg per hectare, it came out great, all in all, the harvest," he highlighted and added that the point of indifference is located at 4500 kg per hectare. He specified that the campaign presented great challenges, although the sowing started with the required humidity, in the last days of February the rains stopped and March presented itself as a dry month with strong winds, which knocked down some plots that were already in the flowering stage. But once the ...
Source: Productivacm

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