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    Drought forces Argentina to lower wheat acreage, yield forecasts

    • Last Update: 2022-08-16
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Argentina's "National News" website reported on July 14 that the Rosario Grain Exchange said in the new "Monthly Agricultural Evaluation Report" that due to the current dry weather, the 2022/23 wheat planting area in Argentina is expected to increase from 2 million hectare.
    It is lowered to 9 million hectares, a decrease of 1 million hectares compared with the 2021/22 season; the production forecast is lowered from 15 million tons to 17 million tons, a decrease of 4 million tons compared with the previous year, and a year-on-year decrease of 1
    According to reports, the wheat planting window in central Argentina will end around July 20, and planting in southern Argentina will continue until early August, but there is still not enough rainfall to ease the drought within the expected ti.
     
    On the other hand, the national corn harvest progress has reached 85% of the planted ar.
    Production is expected to increase in the provinces of Chaco and Santiago del Estero, while the national commercial corn planting area is raised to 42 million hectares, bringing the total corn planting area to a record 65 million hectares, an increase of 17% year-on-ye.
    The Rosario Grain Exchange expects total maize production in 2022/23 to reach 51 million to.
    Affected by drought, the current average yield is only 6,830 kg/ha, far below the 8,190 kg/ha level in 2021/2
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    On the other hand, the national corn harvest progress has reached 85% of the planted ar.
    Production is expected to increase in the provinces of Chaco and Santiago del Estero, while the national commercial corn planting area is raised to 42 million hectares, bringing the total corn planting area to a record 65 million hectares, an increase of 17% year-on-ye.
    The Rosario Grain Exchange expects total maize production in 2022/23 to reach 51 million to.
    Affected by drought, the current average yield is only 6,830 kg/ha, far below the 8,190 kg/ha level in 2021/2
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