Argentina Crop Outlook - 4

Farmers Plan Return to Wheat

Acreage slid to around 8.9 million acres in 2015, one of the lowest levels in the last 100 years. However, acreage will likely surge in 2016, with preliminary estimates putting area at around 11 million to 12 million acres when planting begins in July. (Map courtesy of NOAA/USDA)
Acreage slid to around 8.9 million acres in 2015, one of the lowest levels in the last 100 years. However, acreage will likely surge in 2016, with preliminary estimates putting area at around 11 million to 12 million acres when planting begins in July. (Map courtesy of NOAA/USDA)
The end of the wheat export quotas and tariffs will prompt Argentine farmers to plant much more of the cereal this year and allow it to reclaim the Brazilian market as its own.

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