More than 8,000 hectares of rice were hit by hail storms in Rio Grande do Sul. The information was confirmed by the state producers themselves, who sent the occurrences to the Rio Grande do Sul Institute of Rice (Irga). The areas that recorded the highest losses due to the hail are in the localities of Eldorado do Sul and Guaíba.
“The losses vary from ten bags per hectare to the total loss of the plantation, which is due to the intensity of the hail and the stage of each crop. the occurrences of producers, “said the regional coordinator of the Inland Coastal Plans, agricultural engineer Ricardo Machado Kroeff.
The producers who had their crops hit by the hail on Tuesday (27) have until today, Friday (2) to communicate to the Irga, through the online form of communication of fall of hail, available in the site the autarchy, or manually fill in Nate in your region. The teams of the Nuclei of Irga continue to carry out the technical inspection visits to analyze the losses in the affected localities.