The document provides a weekly agricultural report from the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange covering the week of September 17, 2015. It summarizes weather conditions and crop conditions for various regions of Argentina. According to the report, wheat and barley crops remain in good condition in over 55% of planted areas despite recent low temperatures and dry conditions in parts of the country. For sunflower, planting progress was 21.5% of the projected 1.45 million hectares as of the report date, with most planting occurring in the northeast and parts of Santa Fe province.
The document provides a weekly agricultural report from the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange covering the week of September 17, 2015. It summarizes weather conditions and crop conditions for various regions of Argentina. According to the report, wheat and barley crops remain in good condition in over 55% of planted areas despite recent low temperatures and dry conditions in parts of the country. For sunflower, planting progress was 21.5% of the projected 1.45 million hectares as of the report date, with most planting occurring in the northeast and parts of Santa Fe province.
The document provides a weekly agricultural report from the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange covering the week of September 17, 2015. It summarizes weather conditions and crop conditions for various regions of Argentina. According to the report, wheat and barley crops remain in good condition in over 55% of planted areas despite recent low temperatures and dry conditions in parts of the country. For sunflower, planting progress was 21.5% of the projected 1.45 million hectares as of the report date, with most planting occurring in the northeast and parts of Santa Fe province.
The document provides a weekly agricultural report from the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange covering the week of September 17, 2015. It summarizes weather conditions and crop conditions for various regions of Argentina. According to the report, wheat and barley crops remain in good condition in over 55% of planted areas despite recent low temperatures and dry conditions in parts of the country. For sunflower, planting progress was 21.5% of the projected 1.45 million hectares as of the report date, with most planting occurring in the northeast and parts of Santa Fe province.
CROP REPORT - HIGHLIGHTS Estimations and Agricultural Projections Department Buenos Aires Grain Exchange
Referencias: NOA: Salta+Tucumn+Jujuy+Catamarca+Oeste Sgo del Estero. NEA: Chaco+Este Sgo del Estero+Formosa. Ctro N Sfe: Centro-Norte de Santa Fe. Ctro N Cba: Centro-Norte de Crdoba. Ncleo Norte: Este de Crdoba+Centro-Sur de Santa Fe+Sudoeste de Entre Ros. S Cba: Sur de Crdoba. N LP-O BA: Norte de La Pampa+ Oeste de Buenos Aires. Ctro E ER: Entre Ros excluido Victoria y Diamante. Ctro BA: Centro de Buenos Aires. SO BA-S LP: Sudoeste de Buenos Aires+Sur de La Pampa. SE BA: Sudeste de Buenos Aires. SL: San Luis. Cuenca Sal: Este de la Cuenca del Salado. Otras: Corrientes+Misiones.
WEEKLY AGRICULTURAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
BUENOS AIRES GRAIN EXCHANGE
Sep 17, 2015
AGRICULTURAL WEATHER OUTLOOK: SEPTEMBER 17 TO 23, 2015: SPRING BEGINS WITH A SHARP TEMPERATURE OSCILLATION AND PRECIPITATIONS OVER THE SOUTHWEST-END AND NORTHEAST-END OF THE AG.REGION.
OUTLOOK SUMMARY
At the beginning of the perspective, the north of the ag. region will report northerly winds and a raise in temperatures. The South and the Center-east, however, will observe moderate values due to the entrance of winds coming from the South. At the same time, the passage of a storm front will focus its activity on the northeast and southeast of the area, while the rest of its extension will not report significant values. Astronomical Spring will begin on September 23rd, coinciding with the entrance of an air mass from the Southwest that will bring a sharp temperature drop, with chances of frosts over the west, center and south of the Ag. region.
WHEAT Despite low temperatures observed last weekend and scarce water supplies over wide areas in the west and north of the agricultural region, good crop conditions still remain in more than 55 % of 3,700,000 ha planted this season. Simultaneously, the proportion of area with good conditions up until last week was reduced, and the number of plots with regular conditions has grown. Luckily, late frosts did not cause serious damage to the crop, which is now going through tillering or stem elongation in most of the regions affected by low temperatures (Buenos Aires and La Pampa and the south tip of Crdoba and San Luis). On the other hand, although the lack of moisture might reduce potential yields on plots going from stem elongation to grain filling (center and north of the country), no losses of area have been reported, and crop is still in time to recover conditions if new rainfalls take place in the short term.
BARLEY Flooded areas have come back to normal in the last two weeks thanks to good weather conditions nationwide. On the other hand, some days before this report, a cold front caused frosts in the center and south of the country. The most affected areas were the north of La Pampa-west of Buenos Aires and part of the south of La Pampa-SW of Buenos Aires. These regions concentrate a total of 290,000 ha, accounting for 28 % of 1, 050,000 ha planted nationwide this season. Toward the north of La Pampa-west of Buenos Aires, moisture conditions are variable, with moderate deficits in many areas. Some plots are starting the phenological stage of stem elongation, thus being essential to recover water supplies as soon as possible. Toward the SW of Buenos Aires-south of La Pampa crop is tillering in very good conditions, and spraying is being carried out to control net blotch and spot blotch. In both regions frosts have caused partial necrosis on crop leaves, especially in areas of low soil moisture. Finally, in the SE of Buenos Aires most plots are tillering, with the first plots already elongating stems. As regards sanitary conditions, there are still cases of disease, such as net blotch, spot blotch and Ramularia.
SUNFLOWER The first sunflower plots continue to be incorporated in the north of the agricultural region. To date, planting progress accounts for 21.5 % out of an area projected at 1, 450,000 ha, posting a week-onweek advance of 2 %, accounting for an advance of 0.9 % up from last season. Overall, more than 310,000 ha were planted. Fieldwork was mainly concentrated in the NE Area, and in the mid-north of Santa Fe, while in the mid-north of Crdoba, the north sunflower region, the mid-east of Entre Ros and Corrientes, planting is moving slowly. During this weeks tour around the sunflower growing region of Chaco, a large number of plots planted with conventional materials was observed, with a very homogeneous emergence. Fieldwork has finished, reporting the estimated 180,000 ha incorporated on two specific dates: the first one in mid July and the last one at the end of August. Toward the mid-north of Santa Fe planting posted a week-on-week progress of almost 5 %, mainly in the districts of Mara Juana, San Guillermo, Sunchales and Humboldt.
SUNFLOWER PLANTING 2015/16 Season Hectareage (Ha) Zone 2014/15 2015/16 I NOA II NEA 135.000 180.000 III Ctro N Cba 2.000 3.000 IV S Cba 15.000 18.000 V Ctro N SFe 90.000 150.000 VI Ncleo Norte 4.000 7.000 VII Ncleo Sur 5.000 5.000 VIII Ctro E ER 3.000 4.000 IX N LP-OBA 90.000 108.000 X Ctro BA 50.000 45.000 XI SO BA-S LP 420.000 420.000 XII SE BA 390.000 390.000 XIII SL 20.000 30.000 XIV Cuenca Sal 72.000 85.000 XV Otras 4.000 5.000 TOTAL 1.300.000 1.450.000
