Corn Argentina’s 2024/25 corn harvest is virtually complete, with only isolated fields still being collected. Final output is expected to exceed 50 MMT. Attention now shifts to the 2025/26 crop, where planted area is projected at 7.8 million hectares — surpassed only by the 2023/24 season. Planting remains under 5 percent of the estimated area, but progress should accelerate under optimal conditions in the coming days. Early corn is likely to account for more than half of total area.
On the supply and demand side, exports for the 2024/25 season remain below 20 MMT, with August shipments failing to reach 2.5 MMT. Exporters have purchased 23.7 MMT against shipping permits of 22.2 MMT, of which roughly 19.6 MMT have already...
What You Need to Know Today: Funds remain in control of the market, which means broadly bearish trade for the ag sector. Monday’s massive corn export sale to Mexico helped trigger some short covering and a bit of other end-user buying in corn, which could help stabilize the market. Wheat...
Crop Conditions-Argentina Corn Corn planting in Argentina has reached 47.3 percent of the projected 8.4 Mha, advancing 7.5 percentage points over the week and running 12.3 points ahead of last season, partly due to a larger early-planted area. Fieldwork gained momentum across western and southe...
