Friday, 25 November 2022 16:29

MAG expects to produce 260,000 quintals of corn by the end of the year

Written by Evelyn Alas

The Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, through the Dirección General de Economía Agropecuaria (DEGA) and with the technical support of specialists from the Centro Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria y Forestal (CENTA), began the delivery of 5,200 Agricultural Packages of corn to be cultivated in areas where moisture accumulated in recent weeks.

This is a strategy to take advantage of the amount of water accumulated in 19 zones identified nationwide. These are areas that have the necessary amount of water to guarantee the germination of the improved corn seed and the optimal development of the plant, according to CENTA specialists, who were in charge of compiling the information for the start of the agricultural benefit.

Each package contains 22 pounds of H-59 corn, one quintal of 16-20-0 formula fertilizer, one liter of foliar fertilizer and 125 ml of seed treatment; sufficient inputs for the cultivation of one manzana of land and with a yield capacity of 55 quintals per block.

In this way, according to MAG data, they will be able to increase our corn production by up to 260,000 quintals more than expected.

In addition, he assured that CENTA specialists will be in charge of providing technical assistance to have a better performance of the packages, as well as the use of moisture in these areas.

The Agricultural Packages for wetlands will be distributed in the Extension Agencies: western zone, paracentral zone, and eastern zone.

Translated by: A.M