Argentina Harvested Record Wheat Yield

28 Feb, 2017
Argentina Harvested Record Wheat Yield
Argentinian Ministry of Agriculture reported that wheat yield in the country has increased to the record 18.39 mln tons, which is 1.89 mln tons more than the previous estimate and 7.0 mln tons more than the previous year.

Wheat areas have grown to 6.36 mln ha reaching the level from before the export taxes were introduced in 2008. Taxes were cancelled in 2015.

Despite the rainfall, the average wheat yield has grown to 330 kg/decare.

2017 yield corn areas have been increased by 0.05 mln ha to 7.3 mln ha. Crops are in good condition in the biggest production areas – Cordoba and Buenos Aires.