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Peru will increase hard yellow corn sowings due to better international prices

Maize (Corn)
Peru
Published Mar 7, 2023

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The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), projected today that the 2022/2023 agricultural campaign of hard yellow corn in the country would reach 296,200 hectares planted, an amount greater by 13.6%, that is, 35,488 more hectares, compared to the average of the last five campaigns (260 thousand 714 hectares).

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18:37 | Lima, sea. 6. This scenario is driven by the best prices in the international market, the availability of labor, and favorable hydroclimatic conditions, according to the Midagri Economic Studies Department. The evaluation of the hard yellow corn sowings, in the period from August to December of the 2022/2023 agricultural campaign, shows an advance equivalent to 132 thousand 324 hectares, which means an increase of 4.5% compared to the average of the last five campaigns, which represents 126 thousand 660 hectares. The departments that exhibited an increase in planted areas were San Martín (40.3%), Piura (47.9%), Ucayali (43.3%) and Amazonas (54.9%), mainly. Despite the high costs of the main inputs and fertilizers, the producers have installed larger maize areas in these months of the campaign; however, the better prices on average that producers receive have been driving the increase in plantings. Today more than 200 thousand producers are dedicated to the production of ...
Source: Andina
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