The abundant rains associated with the climatic phenomenon The boy in Argentina they would start to fall only from October, a meteorologist said on Thursday, which could affect the start of the 2023/24 maize planting in some parts of the country’s core agricultural region.
Water is needed in many key corn-growing areas where soil moisture reserves are fair or low after a historic drought led to dramatic losses for virtually the entire 2022/23 season.
“Although the El Niño phenomenon is already installed, the activation (atmospheric) and hence a potential indicator for normal rains or upwards, is only from Octoberhe told Reuters. German Heinzenknechtmeteorologist at the Applied Climatology Consultancy (CCA).
“We still have to spend August and the entire month of September with a situation on a regional scale that does not seem to be the best”, pointed out the expert, who added that, despite rains of no more than 20 millimeters in some areas in the last hours, August reports below normal rainfall.
The rains are highly anticipated by Argentine producers, who begin planting corn in September.
The Rosario Stock Exchange (BCR), which in a pre-season estimate calculated the 2023/24 corn harvest at 56 million tons, pointed out that if the rainfall next month is not enough, many producers will delay their sowing until the end of year, with potentially less productive plants.
Source: Reuters
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