… that, with the expectation that “interesting (international) prices will remain”, and the current “very good conditions of humidity in the soil”, with which the next planting is going to start, according to Jorge Bassi, of the NGO Fertilize, the wheat of the 21/22 cycle would finally achieve the production record that prevented the dry season of the last season. The application of fertilizers would also be record, despite the restrictions that are taking place in the access of foreign exchange to import some of the inputs, and that in the cycle that is ending exceeded 5.2 million tons, with a growth of 70% compared to the level of use in 2014, which implied 57% more area of fertilized wheat, and 54% of that of corn, with which almost a quarter of the harvested wheat is already being fertilized, although only 14% have doses for high performance, a group that could grow this year thanks to the very good humidity conditions with which the cycle is starting. And, although it is true that products were also increasing in price (due to an increase in costs and due to the departure of some production plants in Eastern Europe, which tightened the market), the reality is that according to the calculations Fertilize, a high-yield scheme, which allows average yields of more than 36 quintals / ha of wheat and higher than 27 quintals / ha of 2º soybeans, yields increases in total income of more than US $ 100 per hectare. Hence, although a sowing similar to that of the last season is now estimated, of 6.5-6.7 million hectares, both the better humidity at the start of the crop, and the more regular rains that are expected in the The crop cycle and the adjustments that can be made in fertilization would yield yields that would make it possible to finally reach 21 million tons, an unprecedented volume in Argentina.
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