Uruguay: Winter crops boosted by rains

The country is going through one of the coldest winters in recent years, and wheat, barley and rapeseed are also feeling the effects. If we add to this the complications that occurred at the time of sowing, with extremely delayed summer harvests, costly overruns, broken fields and short and late sowing windows, the outlook appears very challenging. In recent days, not only have temperatures risen somewhat, leaving behind those days with thermometers that were close to zero or even broke that barrier and strong frosts that painted the fields white at dawn, but there has also been some rainfall in different parts of the country. Although it was scarce in many places, it helped to give an interesting boost to the crops. These rains allowed some of the nitrogen applied to the soil to be activated and the general condition of the fields improved. The intense cold and frost of the last few weeks had their effect, not only with damage from a production point of view, but also ...