Wheat sowing continues at a steady pace and breaks a new record

The implementation work accelerated in the last week, taking advantage of the good weather conditions in the center and north of the country and appropriate soil humidity conditions.

This way, producers have already covered 32.4% of the 6.5 million hectares stipulated for cultivationafter a weekly advance in jobs of 18.2 percentage points (pp).

“The good water supply allows work to be carried out at an accelerated pace, exceeding the maximum of the curve, and standing 12.4 pp. above the last five-year period and 8.8 pp above the previous cycle,” the stock exchange entity noted.

The activity was mainly concentrated in the NEA, central-north of Córdoba and the northern core, with regional progress of between 27 and 41 pp in the last week.

“At the same time, the progress in planting in the agricultural southwest stands out, which already exceeds 20% at this time of the year for the second consecutive year,” added the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange.

For its part, the Rosario Stock Exchange (BCR) indicated that the planting reached its highest pace since at least 1998/99. “Despite the complexity imposed by the panorama of the input market and the high prices of fuel, the producers began their work and have already made their proposals for 32% of the total projected area at the country level,” the entity said.

Along the same lines as the BdeC, the Rosario Stock Exchange explained that “this relatively dizzying pace of sowing is explained by the need to take advantage of the water available in the first centimeters of the soil while it is available.”

In commercial terms, as of Wednesday of this week Businesses are already accumulated for approximately 1.84 million tons of wheat corresponding to 2026/27; 30% behind the average of the last five years and the last cycle.

“Harvest prices have been adjusting strongly in recent weeks, pressured by the global market and the imminent arrival of supply from the northern hemisphere. The futures curve in A3 shifted 4% downward in the last two weeks, with the January price falling US$11.5 per ton,” the entity added.

However, in the core zoneAlthough planting is progressing at a steady pace, will depend on new rainfall to continue.

According to the Rosario Stock Exchange (BCR), planting in the region exceeds the average of the last five years by this date by 9 pp. “It’s going fast, but the continuity of the work now depends on the rains forecast for the next few days”the entity warned.

The greatest progress was recorded in the south-central Santa Fewhere 70% of the planned area has already been implemented. In María Susana they point out that new rainfall will be necessary to complete the sowing. In Aldao, meanwhile, they estimate that, if the expected rainfall is not excessive, the implementation will continue with intermediate cycle varieties until June 25.

In the south of Santa Fe, progress reaches 55%: in Bigand they also warn that the completion of the remaining surface will depend on the rains expected for the weekend.

For its part, in the southeast of Córdoba The implementation work presented a progress of 60%, while the planting in the northern Buenos Aires It is advancing slowly: in the northwest an advance of 20% was recorded and in the northeast it reaches 15%.

In San Pedro, “wheat sowing shows an incipient pace and without much enthusiasm, partly due to the producers’ need to rebuild the financial situation left by the heavy campaign. Soybean and corn yields have been poor to average. The area is committed to assuming new productive commitments,” explained the entity’s technicians.