FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 09/98 - URUGUAY (3 September)
Planting of the 1998 wheat crop has resumed following several disruptions caused by excessive rains, the result of the tailend effects of El Niño. The area planted is expected to decline from the 1997 slightly above-average level.
Fieldwork is underway for planting of the 1998/99 coarse grain crops, to start from September, as well as the important foreign exchange earner paddy crop. This year’s crop was seriously affected by heavy rains and flooding at harvesting, and although an average 870 000 tonnes of paddy were collected, output was 16 percent lower than in 1997. Farmers’ planting intentions will largely depend upon weather conditions. Latest weather forecasts indicate that normal conditions should prevail.
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