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Argentina: Wheat planting completes and corn harvest accelerates.

The Argentine agricultural campaign is progressing with mixed results among the main crops, with the completion of important stages and a recovery in the harvest pace in areas that had been experiencing delays. According to the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange (BCBA), the planting of wheat the harvest has ended sorghum It has come to an end and the work on corn They have gained momentum in recent days.

In wheat, the 6.5 million hectares projected for the current cycle have been covered. Although there are still isolated plots to be sown in the south of the agricultural area, they do not alter the estimate. The limitation of soil conditions prevented a greater expansion of the area, but water reserves continue to support positive production expectations. Today, 90.8% of the area has adequate or optimal water conditions, and 76.4% of the crops are already in tillering or later stages.

The harvest of commercial grain corn reached 88% of the suitable area, with an average yield of 78 quintals per hectare. The weekly advance was 6.7 percentage points, favored by better environmental conditions. Even so, there is a delay of 9.2 points compared to the previous campaign. The national production projection remains at 64 million tons.

In sunflower planting, sowing reached 16.71 TP4T of the 3 million hectares projected for 2026/27, an advance exceeding recent and historical averages. Meanwhile, the sorghum harvest was considered complete, with a national average yield of 40.7 quintals per hectare and an estimated production of 2.8 million tons in the 2025/26 crop year. This information was released by the agency this week.
 

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