RS should have the highest wheat production in history in the 2022 Winter Harvest

Rio Grande do Sul is expected to harvest the largest Winter Harvest in 2022, with a total production perspective of 5 million tons of grains (an increase of 11,9% compared to the previous year), with 3,9 million tons of wheat, 870,2 thousand tons of white oats, 108,6 thousand tons of barley and 91,3 thousand tons of canola.

This is the initial estimate released this morning (07/06), in Café para Imprensa, a hybrid virtual press conference, with in-person participation of the local press at the Central Office and live and simultaneous broadcast on the YouTube channels of the Rio Grande Rural Program and the Emater/RS-Ascar Facebook page, linked to the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development (Seapdr).

The event, mediated by journalist Ellen Bonow, was attended by the president of Seapdr's special advisor, Paulo Roberto Silva, representing secretary Domingos Lopes Velho, the president of the Institution, Edmilson Pelizari, and the administrative and technical directors, Lino Hamann and Alencar Rugeri, who presented the data.

According to the survey compiled by the Planning Management (GPL) and carried out by municipal offices between the 11th and 23/05, the initial productivity is based on the trend shown by the averages recorded over the last ten years.

Rugeri highlights that, despite wheat also having the largest harvest since 2011, with an estimated increase of 12,53% in production (3,9 million tons compared to 3,5 million last year and an increase of 15,04% in the area cultivated (1,4 million hectares compared to the 1,2 million hectares of the previous harvest), according to the trend, the average productivity should be 2,17% lower (2,82 t/ha) in relation to the previous year (2,88 .2021t/ha). The second largest wheat harvest was the previous one, in 3,5, with production of 2013 million tons, and the third largest in 3,3, with XNUMX million tons. “The numbers demonstrate full recovery in Gaucho and Brazilian agriculture”, celebrates Rugeri.

For Pelizari, the positive production, area and productivity numbers reflect the work of the farmers, “but also the performance and commitment of the Emater/RS-Ascar extension agents and all the support provided by Seapdr”.

Check out the 2022 estimate survey (comparison with 2021):

Wheat

Current harvest (2022)

• Area 1.413.763 ha (+15,045%);

• Production 3.990.227t (+12,53%)

• Productivity 2.822 kg/ha (-2,17)

Previous harvest (2021)

• Area 1.228.978 ha

• Production 3.545.796t

• Productivity 2.885 kg/ha

White Oats

Current harvest (2022)

• Area 392.507 ha (+14,26%);

• Production 870.240 t (+7,49%)

• Productivity 2.217 kg/ha (-5,93%)

Previous harvest (2021)

• Area 343.511 ha

• Production 809.592 t

• Productivity 2.357 kg/ha

Canola

Current harvest (2022)

• Area 48.457 ha (+27,42%);

• Production 91.346 t (+66,79%)

• Productivity 1.885 kg/ha (30,28%)

Previous harvest (2021)

• Area 38.029 ha

• Production 54.767 t

• Productivity 1.447 kg/ha

Barley

Current harvest (2022)

• Area 36.727 ha (+0,84%);

• Production 108.638 t (-2,07%)

• Productivity 2.958 kg/ha (-2,89%)

Previous harvest (2021)

• Area 36.421 ha

• Production 110.929 t

• Productivity 3.046 kg/ha