Brazil: How the cold and humidity have disrupted tobacco production in Venâncio

That the weather is strange, no one has any doubt. Not only because of the extremes, as the summers with drought have been, but this spring, for example, the days with low temperatures have drawn attention. It's not the same cold as winter, of course, but the thermometer marks are different from what we're used to in previous seasons. And it is this ‘friozinho’ that has been disturbing the main agricultural crop in Venâncio Aires, tobacco. In practice, the plant needs more sun and heat to develop well, but the climate has not contributed. As a result, growers complain about excess shoots on the feet, fewer leaves and delays in harvesting. This condition has mainly impacted producers who planted between June and July, in the so-called 'early' period. According to the head of the local Emater, Vicente Fin, every time the temperature drops below 15 degrees, the production of photoassimilates (compounds resulting from photosynthesis) is reduced, that is, the sources that condition ...