Wheat planting in Rio Grande do Sul continues in a heterogeneous manner, due to the weather conditions in recent days. In regions where rain occurred, it was possible to resume sowing. However, where rainfall was more frequent, the operation was carried out only during short windows of dry weather. According to the Conjunctural Report, released by Emater/RS-Ascar this Thursday (18), in fields with good water availability and favorable temperatures, the establishment and development of wheat are adequate. However, where stable weather prevailed, excess soil moisture, combined with high cloud cover and high air humidity, limited the progress of planting machines. The estimate of the area to be cultivated in this 2026/27 crop is being surveyed by Emater/RS-Ascar, and will be released next Monday (22). In the previous harvest, Rio Grande do Sul cultivated 1,166,163 hectares of wheat, with an average productivity of 2,968 kg/ha and a total production of 3,458,083 tons, according to IBGE data.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.