APlanting begun in late May, favored by occurrence of rains; and it extended until mid-June.

The sown area was significantly less than the previous season, reaching up to a 50 % decrease in some departments. The cause of such drop was mainly due to the lack of humidity in the soil profile during the sowing time.

The crop had a very good development, favored by rainfall, although it was not so in all the areas of this sub-region, where slow emergences and irregular height of plants were registered.p>

There was some presence of aphids during the cycle, but in general, this incidence did not required the application of pesticides.

With respect of diseases, there was presence of Leaf Rust or Orange Leaf (Puccinia recondita), Yellow Spot (Septoria tritici) and Fusarium (Fusarium graminearum), favored by climatic conditions, and it was necessary to apply the appropriate pesticides.

At the reproductive stage of the crop, occurrence of widespread rains, favored it significantly. By the beginning of October, when crops were entering the flowering stage, there were some frosts that at first seemed not to have caused damage to the crop. In addition, damages suffered by some crops due to high temperatures and the intensity of the sun, produced surprising yield falls.

In general, yields were between 1,700 and 2,600 kg/ha. Quality was not so good: low test weight, good gluten content and relative presence of Fusarium.

SUBREGION DATA

In this sub region the wheat production was 818,130 tons., the 9.9% of the national total.
Were sampled 33,700 tons., the 4.12% of the sub region production.