FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 09/99 - URUGUAY (9 September)
Planting of the 1999/2000 wheat crop is well advanced under generally dry weather. Harvesting is due from November and early forecasts indicate recovery from 1998/1999, when production was affected by weather. Output is tentatively forecast at an above-average 545 000 tonnes.
Land is being prepared for planting of the 1999/2000 coarse grain and paddy crops to start from October. A recovery in maize production over 1998/999 is also anticipated.
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