Heat wave damaged 700 hectares of Mexican crops

The intense temperatures registered in the last weeks, as well as the delay in the rainy season, have left the first effects on the Mexican countryside, since the Secretariat of the Countryside estimates that at least 700 hectares have resulted in some degree of damage. In an interview with different media outlets, the Campo's secretary, Leticia Mejía García, indicated that agency personnel currently carry out monitoring and technical visits, in order to determine the degree of affectation that was had on the crops, particularly in the of grains, including corn, due to the high temperatures registered in the previous weeks. "We are making technical visits, as you know the government of the State of Mexico has implemented a Catastrophic Insurance, which precisely meets these demands and the dynamic that must be followed is that the producers approach the delegations that we have installed throughout of the state territory”, indicated Mejía García. After corn producers in the ...