Strategic sale of saffron corn allowed for increased investment in the plots

During the Sunday agroclassic, an occasion when we conducted the Evaluation of the 2025 maize zafriña campaign, Smith highlighted that during the off-season he made the strategic sale of the maize before the price fell further and, in contrast, decided to buy the inputs before the cost rose again, which also allowed the acquisition of nitrogenous fertilizers at a good cost and a good investment in the soil. "It was the year I invested the most in nitrogen, I did a good base fertilization with phosphorus and potassium, a coverage of 270 kg of sulfate, which allowed a good productive potential with the favorable weather," he stated. He commented that within the productive unit, the yields were quite varied, as in the plots with lack of rainfall, yields reached 3400 kg per hectare. However, he emphasized that the peak reached was 9100 kg per hectare, which resulted in a general average of 7500 kg per hectare and a break-even point of 3300 kg per hectare. Schmitt stressed that every ...