Argentina expects corn production to exceed 12.6 million tons
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Last Update: 2002-04-03
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Introduction: the Argentine corn production in 2001 / 02 is likely to exceed the previous forecast of 12.6 million tons due to the higher per unit corn production in Argentina than last year, according to the prediction of the Argentine Grain Exchange (Bolsa) on Tuesday Argentina's 2001 / 02 year began in September and ended in August of the following year So far, 22.1% of corn harvest has been completed in Argentina, with an average yield of 6.8 tons per hectare, compared with 6.15 tons per hectare in the previous year At present, the harvest yield has reached 3.875 million tons, most of which come from the corn planting area in the north central part As the peso continues to depreciate against the US dollar, it is more favorable to use corn harvest for export, so the amount of corn used for food, grass and feed has decreased this year The peso was at 2.95 to the dollar on Tuesday Last year Argentina produced 15.1 million tons of corn Rainfall in the field has slowed down over the past 10 days, but it is good for late sowing corn in Santa Fe, Argentina's second largest corn producing province At present, corn is in good condition, and the harvest is expected to be completed by 75% this month (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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