Tag: wheat

Tuesday, September 27th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Brazil expects record harvest of wheat and moves closer to self sufficiency

The Brazilian wheat crop should reach 10.935 million tons as 2022 yields in four states are likely to increase output in what will be a record harvest for local farmers.
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Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 10:13 UTC
Brazil to become wheat self sufficient in five years, planting the grain in tropical areas

Brazil will become wheat self sufficient in five years time, according to Celso Luiz Moretti, head of EMBRAPA, the Brazilian agriculture surveys and research center, which has helped the country become one of the world's leading food producer and exporter.
Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 09:06 UTC
Despite the political upheaval, Argentine farmers are expecting plentiful corn and wheat crops

Despite the political upheaval in Argentina, which seems to have temporarily quietened, whether preparing for an even worse storm, or heading for a reasonable path of rationality yet to be seen, the country one of the world's most efficient breadbasket, is again managing extraordinary crops of corn and wheat.
Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Brazil grains crop estimate, 272.5 million tons helped by corn and wheat despite a slide in soybeans

Given more optimistic prospects for the supply of corn and wheat, Brazil's National Supply Company, Conab, increased, slightly, the estimate for the 2021/22 market year grain harvest. Overall this has meant that Brazil is expected to have a crop of 272.5 million tons of grains in the current season, 6.7% greater than the previous season.
Wednesday, July 6th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Argentina and Paraguay, wheat and soybean crops victims of ongoing drought

Drought is causing havoc in Argentina and Paraguay. Argentina’s wheat crop for the 2022/23 season is the most delayed in a decade, as a period of lack of rainfall and early frosts is forcing farmers to delay planting the winter crop.
Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:33 UTC
Brazil, a net wheat importer, has broken export records in 2021/22

Brazil, among the largest wheat importers in the world, --mainly from Mercosur associates--, is breaking consecutive export records in 2022. In less than six months, until June 20, Brazil exported more than twice as much wheat as in 2021, that is 2.5 million tons vis-a-vis 1.12 million tons in the whole year.
Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Wheat has become a most promising crop, following on the Ukraine war and India's ban on exports

The intense heat wave in India which has turned out to be the hottest spring in the last one hundred years is having its impact on people, fauna and agriculture. Thermometers recording 50 degrees centigrade, and the lack of water, has forced the government in New Delhi to halt all wheat exports, in anticipation of any shortages that could lead to extreme situations.
Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 19:58 UTC
Argentina wheat crop estimates for 2022/23 lowered, given fears of dry climate

Because of forecasted dry weather the Rosario Grains Exchange anticipates a lesser wheat crop in Argentina for the 2022/23 season. The Exchange projects Argentine wheat production to decline to 19 million tons, down from a record the 22.1 million tons in 2021-22, as a La Niña weather pattern is expected to reduce rainfall in the coming months.
Friday, April 15th 2022 - 10:14 UTC
Bolsonaro warns Argentina may not deliver as much wheat as needed

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said his country faced a food security threat as a consequence of the shortage of wheat, which could become scarce due to the effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:26 UTC
Ukraine anticipates spring crops cut by half; only 7 out of 15 million hectares were sown

As a result of the Russian invasion, Ukraine's agricultural minister Roman Leshchenko said he expects his country's spring crop area may be halved this year to only 7 million hectares.