Global Courant
The Grain Exchange of Buenos Aires cut the grain surface by 200,000 hectares and would reach 6.1 million hectares.
The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange cut the wheat area by 200,000 hectares and would reach 6.1 million hectares due to the lack of humidity in several productive areas.
“The lack of humidity in the center-west of the agricultural region during the sowing window, aggravated by the absence of precipitation forecasts for the next week, prevents carrying out the sowing plans and causes a decrease in the surface projection Likewise, on the NEA, the rainfall has been uneven and has not allowed the initial planting plan to be met,” the latest report remarked.
This is the second time the entity has clipped the area. The first estimate for wheat planting had been 6.7 million hectares. Later, he reduced it to 6.3 million. And now, this last week, at 6.1 million hectares, matching the 2022/23 cycle.
According to the report, currently, the work is concentrated in the southeast of Buenos Aires, where there are adequate humidity conditions to carry out the planting.
On the north of the agricultural area, the planting window is close to ending, reaching a planting advance of 85% for the NOA, and 60% for the NEA.
According to what was reported by the NEA collaborators, the perspectives of the budgeted area will not be met due to the lack of surface moisture. Particularly in the Chaco, they report that rainfall has been
