The barley area grows and does so with technological stability in Argentina

A new study by the Survey of Applied Agricultural Technology (RETAA), of the Buenos Aires Cereal Exchange, analyzed at the beginning of the winter campaign how the growth and technological progress of barley in Argentina is taking place. And the data is encouraging and a clear reflection of the way in which Argentine producers are betting. According to the data analyzed by the Stock Exchange, in the 2021/22 campaign, 1.2 million hectares were planted (for the current one, 1.3 million of the cereal are expected, according to the same entity), mainly distributed in the center and south of the province of Buenos Aires. See also Due to the drought, it is the most delayed wheat campaign in a decade In this sense, one of the technologies that recovered adoption during the last campaign was direct seeding, which returned to the rate of 2017/18, with 84% implementation, 10% above the previous one. Among other aspects that remain stable and that the Stock Exchange highlights are soil tests ...