Argentina corn harvest 19.7 percent complete

Argentina corn harvest 19.7 percent complete

2014-04-21 09:17 |
buenos Aires, April 18: According to a weekly report released by Argentina's Buenos Aires Grain Exchange on Friday, as of April 16, 2014, Argentina's national corn harvest progress was 19.7 percent, up from 16.5 percent a week ago, but 12 points lower than the same period last year.

The report said that the area of corn already harvested in Argentina was 675,939 hectares, up from 568,009 hectares a week ago; the average yield was 7.21 tons per hectare, down from 7.33 tons per hectare a week ago; and the yield of corn already harvested was 4.871 million tons, up from 4.166 million tons a week ago.

According to the weekly report, frost occurred at the western end of Argentina's agricultural region last weekend, mainly affecting the St. Louis region and less affecting the Condoba and La Pamba regions. The yield of late-sown corn in the filling stage may be potentially lost.

As the exchange has foreseen the impact of this weather, this week it continued to maintain Argentina's 2013/14 corn production forecast unchanged at 24 million tons, 11% lower than the 2012/13 production of 27 million tons.

According to the weekly report released by the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange in Argentina, as of April 16, 2014, the harvest progress of sunflower seeds in Argentina was 97.9, up from 95.9 a week ago and 2.1 points lower than the same period last year.

According to the report, the area of sunflower seeds harvested in Argentina is 1.381 million hectares, up from 1.353 million hectares a week ago; the average yield per hectare is 1.62 tons, the same as a week ago; the yield of sunflower seeds harvested is 2.243 million tons, up from 2.195 million tons a week ago.

The exchange maintained its forecast for Argentina's sunflower seed production in 2013/14 unchanged at 23 million tons. (Source: Boyi Master)