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Wheat Deteriorates in Parts of Argentina Due to Drought
USAgNet - 07/26/2021

Argentina's 2021/22 wheat crop is deteriorating in the country's northern and central farm belt due to inadequate rainfall, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said on Thursday, but kept its harvest forecast unchanged at 19 million tonnes.

According to Reuters, Argentina is an important international supplier of wheat, especially to neighboring Brazil. The exchange said in its weekly report that Argentine growers had sown 98% of the 6.5 million hectares that it expects to be planted with the grain this year. Wheat harvesting in the country ends in January.

In northwestern Argentina "the condition of the crop continues to fall week by week, as crops begin to go through critical development stages" amid low rainfall, the exchange said.

Argentina's 2020/21 soy crop has already been harvested with 72% of the 2020/21 corn crop already in the bag. The exchange expects a corn harvest of 48 million tonnes.


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