Light frosts return to agricultural areas in Brazil

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Published May 22, 2022

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Some areas of Paraná, São Paulo, and higher regions of the south of Minas Gerais had negative temperatures this Friday (20/05), with the formation of frosts, since the cloud cover decreased favoring the occurrence of the phenomenon in coffee plantations, corn, and beans, according to meteorologists and agronomists.

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Some areas of Paraná, São Paulo and higher regions of the south of Minas Gerais had negative temperatures this Friday (20/05), with the formation of frosts, since the cloud cover decreased favoring the occurrence of the phenomenon in coffee plantations, corn and beans, according to meteorologists and agronomists. ALSO READ: Temperatures rise a little, but cold remains over the weekend Farmer shows coffee affected by frost in Varginha (MG) (Photo: REUTERS/Roosevelt Cassio) In general, the frosts were light and localized for coffee and corn , while beans from Paraná seem to have been more significantly affected. This Friday's weather phenomenon was not as intense as the one seen last year, but it brought a bad memory to producers, who saw corn plantations decimated by the effects of the cold in 2021. In coffee, the consequences are being felt until now, in 2022 harvest. “This morning, coffee farmers suffered some light to moderate damage to their fields,” said Jonas Ferraresso, an ...

Source: Agroinforme