Corn Argentina’s corn harvest is coming to an end, per the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange. The yield averaged 8.1 MT/ha and total production came in at 50 MMT. This is the first time that corn production exceeded soybeans in Argentina. This year’s harvest progress was also very quick, compared to the 80 percent that was completed this time last year. With stable prices and no reason to expect price volatility, the FAS market continues to move at an interesting pace. Farmers still have large volumes to sell and now the carry between spot and deferred deliveries (December/January) is not large enough to encourage farmers to store their corn. On the other hand, exporters need the corn as vessel lineups are big with good progra...
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