The typical attainable yield of past due grain within the core zone, which used to be estimated at 8 to 9 t/ha, used to be lowered via 30% because of leafhopper-borne illness. There’s fear that injury would possibly proceed to extend because the crop cycle progresses, now that signs have turn into extra obvious week via week.
Within the 560,000 ha sown with past due grain, south-central Santa Fe is probably the most suffering from the illness with roughly 80% injury and fields totally misplaced. Against the south, the presence of leafhoppers persists, however losses are reducing.
April 11, 2024/ Rosario Inventory Change/ Argentina.
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