The sowing of rice in Rio Grande do Sul reached 80% of the expected area of 1,007 million hectares in this 2018/19 harvest, according to the most recent survey of Rio Grande do Sul Institute of Rice (Irga).
According to the institute, the most advanced region is the South Zone, which is close to completing the works, with 93% of the area sown. Another regional one that is close to completion is the West Frontier, with 89.7% of the area already sown. Then the Campaign (82.25%), Coastal Internal (79.36%), Coastal External (65.66%) and Central Depression (51.5%) emerged.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.