The pest that could tarnish the projected corn harvest in Uruguay

Maize (Corn)

Published Mar 20, 2024

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Uruguay is expected to have a record corn harvest due to effective crop management and favorable weather conditions. However, the spread of a pest known as the leafhopper, which can cause premature drying of corn ears, is causing concern among farmers. This could potentially impact the average yields expected for corn, despite an increase in the projected planting area.

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The consensus of private analysts and agents in the agricultural sector have been projecting a record corn harvest for Uruguay for several weeks. The good implementation of the crop and the rains that arrived just in many cases have strengthened this forecast. The projected planting area by the DIEA was 213 thousand hectares (ha), but there are several who believe that this area will be larger as a result of the transfer of second-class soybean area for this cereal at the last minute. The director of the consulting firm Unicampo, Esteban Hoffman, said in a conversation with Informe Tardáguila that a range of prime corn of 80-100 thousand hectares can be managed that is, in general, in “very good condition.” He added that there are wet grain farms that have given yields of 9,500-11,000 kg/hectare. “In these dryland corn we are going to have yields surely above 9,000 kg/ha, as we already had in 2018-19,” he highlighted. Therefore, the question about the general average yield will be ...

Source: Agromeat