Wheat Last week’s rains slowed the wheat harvest, which advanced 9 percent last week. Argentina’s wheat crop is 40 percent harvested with yields averaging 1.68 MT/ha. Yields will start to increase as the harvest moves south and into areas less affected by drought. The crop is still estimated between 16.7-16.8 MMT. The local market has been slowly trading sideways between $205-210/MT ($245-250/MT FOB equivalent) with volumes mostly focused on spot positions. Farmers have sold 6.7 MMT so far, of which exporters have purchased 6 MMT. That is a sizeable volume for this point in the crop year given that the total export program is forecast at 10 MMT. The vessel lineup is starting to increase and there are vessels waiting to load 1...
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