Polar winds slow short-cycle wheat planting in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, July 18 -Polar winds hampered short-cycle wheat planting in Argentina's agricultural heartland last week, although producers hope the rains expected this weekend will allow sowing to resume, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said on Thursday.
Wheat planting of the 2024/25 crop now covers 96% of the 6.3 million hectares projected for the current cycle, up 2.21 percentage points from the previous week, the report indicated.
Argentina's corn harvest is progressing in most of the agricultural area, wrapping up in the center and north but somewhat delayed in the south.
Corn planting is up 9.9 percentage points week-on-week, covering 79.2% of the national total, the grains exchange said, adding it maintained its production forecast at 46.5 million tons.
On a national level, the average yield is 65.5 quintals (6.55 metric tons) per hectare, an improvement of 14.5 quintals compared to the previous season, mainly due to the good performance of early plantings.
Reporting by Lucila Sigal, writing by Stéphanie Hamel; Editing by Richard Chang
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