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What Salto is planting

The Salto government's planting-intentions survey, visualised: what went into the ground in the first half of the year and what growers plan to plant before December. Next year's supply, visible today.

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114
Productive units
surveyed, winter 2026
1,395.3 ha
Annual area
declared by those units
77.2%
In the open field
the rest, under cover
380.4 ha
Sweet potato
the largest crop surveyed
Annual area by crop
Hectares declared by the 114 units surveyed: what was already planted in the first half of the year plus the intention for July to December.

In the open field

1,077.7 ha

525.9 ha planted and 551.8 intended — almost an even split. Sweet potato, squash, onion and carrot dominate outdoors.

Under cover

317.6 ha

61 % was already planted when the survey was taken. Tomato and pepper hold 54.4 % of the protected area — the heart of Salto's early-season growing.

See the data as a table
Source and scope. Data from the report Encuesta de Intención de Siembra — Invierno 2026 by the Monitor Productivo, Innovación y Desarrollo, Gobierno de Salto (full report, PDF). The figures cover only the 114 productive units surveyed, with no expansion factors to the department as a whole: they approximate the sector's trends, they are not a census. Because figures are published to one decimal, some totals may differ by 0.1 ha from the published ones. This page is an independent visualisation of that public report; credit for the survey belongs to its authors.
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The signals of the half-year

  • 01

    The onion is on its way

    When the survey was taken, 70 % of the annual onion area was still in seedbeds: 109 hectares waiting to be transplanted. That supply reaches the market in spring — worth crossing with the price series for onion, which historically eases when the new season arrives.

  • 02

    The carrot is already committed

    Two thirds of its annual area was already sown. The north plants early, between January and June, to arrive first. It is the primor pattern applied to a field crop.

  • 03

    Strawberries are growing

    50.7 hectares planted, up from 47.9 in winter 2024. The increase comes from existing growers scaling up — the sign of a line that is working. Most of it is grown in macro-tunnels.

  • 04

    Under cover means tomato and pepper

    Between them they hold more than half of the department's protected area. Tomato spreads its year — 71 ha planted and 53 to come — while pepper has already made nearly its whole bet (47 ha planted, under 2 intended).

Cross it with the prices

Today's planting is tomorrow's supply, and supply moves the price. The price observatory has the full series and the seasonal pattern of every one of these products.