The pea reappears in the north of Buenos Aires and the south of Santa Fe in Argentina: After the drought, the planted area quadrupled

In the north of Buenos Aires and the south of Santa Fe, pea cultivation is making a strong comeback in the 2023/24 campaign, thanks to a series of factors that have positively impacted the region. This was highlighted by a report published by Aapresid (Argentine Association of Direct Sowing Producers), which celebrates this advance for the contribution of this legume to agricultural rotations and evergreen agriculture. In the Aapresid Agenda, a kind of house organ of that entity, INTA specialist Gabriel Prieto said that the area under pea has quadrupled this campaign compared to the last one, that is, it has reached 25 thousand hectares. “In the previous campaign, the lack of water at the time of planting limited the surface area to less than 6,000 hectares. Drought then persisted throughout the cycle, resulting in virtually zero production. In contrast, in the current campaign there are around 25,000 hectares planted with peas in the south of Santa Fe, north and center of Buenos ...