Uruguay: Rice planting intentions increase with good weather forecast

(Diário Ámbito, Uy) The rice sector expects a recovery in planted hectares due to an improvement in weather forecasts, unlike the previous harvest, although prices have registered a drop in the monthly comparison and an increase in the annual comparison. The Rice Growers Association (ACA) together with producers and industrialists carried out a survey of planting intentions and estimated around 182 thousand hectares for this campaign that is already beginning. In this sense, producers were excited about the improvement in weather conditions, since last year they suffered from a lack of water in the fields. In addition, water reserves have enough water and it is expected that the rains next summer will be enough to meet the demand for crops. The increase in hectares is good news for the sector, which ended up being 150 thousand last year, 10 thousand less than the forecasts that were expected for that time when the fields were hit by the lack of water necessary for the development ...