Rains Boost Argentine Wheat Fields at Key Fertilization Phase, Exchange Says

By Maximilian Heath

BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 21 (Reuters) – Heavy rainfall in Argentina in recent days has helped farmers who are fertilizing their wheat fields for the country’s 2025/26 crop season, the Buenos Aires grains exchange said on Thursday.

Some 50 to 150 millimeters (2 to 6 inches) of rain fell across Argentina’s agricultural heartland in recent days, the exchange said in a report. The rain boosted moisture levels at a key time in the growing cycle.

A top global supplier of wheat, Argentina has some 6.7 million hectares of wheat fields this season, according to the report. The harvest is set to begin in November.

The exchange pointed to “significant improvement in available moisture at a crucial time.”

Corn farmers have harvested 95.9% of an estimated 49-million-ton harvest for 2024/25, the exchange added, a day after it predicted the 2025/26 season would see a near-record planting area of some 7.8 million hectares of the crop.

Corn planting is set to begin next month.

(Reporting by Maximilian Heath; Writing by Sarah Morland; Editing by Daina Beth Solomon and Leslie Adler)