Argentina Wheat Planting Begins at a Good Pace

By Maximilian Heath

BUENOS AIRES, May 29 (Reuters) – Wheat planting for the 2025/26 season started at a good pace in Argentina, supported by dry weather in the west and north of the country, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange (BdeC) said on Thursday.

Argentina is a major world exporter of wheat and in recent weeks its farmers started sowing the cereal, with the BdeC projecting a planted area of 6.7 million hectares.

“Planting activity was mainly concentrated in the north and center-west of the agricultural region, with notable progress in the Center-North of Cordoba province, which is ahead of the average pace of the last five campaigns,” the exchange said, adding that 10.5% of the projected area had been planted.

However, wheat planting in the eastern core agricultural area faces delays due to recent heavy rains, the exchange added in its weekly crop report.

According to the exchange’s weekly crop report, harvesting of soybeans and corn in key eastern regions is running behind schedule, with the soybean harvest 80.7% complete and the corn harvest at 40.5%.

On Wednesday, the BdeC and the Rosario Grains Exchange said that dry and cold weather conditions in the coming days should help improve field access and allow harvest work to advance.

Argentina is the world’s top exporter of soybean oil and meal, and the third-largest exporter of corn. The BdeC forecasts 2024/25 soybean production at 50 million tonnes and corn production at 49 million tonnes.

(Reporting by Maximilian Heath; Writing by Natalia Siniawski; Editing by Sandra Maler)