Wheat Argentina Argentina’s soil moisture maps are, frankly, scary. The moisture profiles are totally dry, and in many cases soils need more than 200 mm to recover. Different weather forecasts show the end of the La Nina for the short term, but rains are still not coming. The southeastern part of Buenos Aires province (a major wheat growing area) benefited last week from 40-80 mm of precipitation. In addition, light rains are expected for the next few days and more considerable volumes for the week beginning on 18 March. 

There are high expectations for new wheat planting. After the failure of the previous wheat crop and the current soybean and corn crops, farmers need to plant to have cash at year’s end. But regardles...