BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s farm regions are set for abundant rains in the north, west and west-central regions over the next week with less volume in the center-east and the south, the Buenos Aires grains exchange said in weather report on Thursday.
Crops of soybeans and corn in the grains producing country are recovering from a lengthy dry-spell from December which came to an end in the middle of this month, with farmers and experts saying the weather forecast ahead will be key for the harvest.
The recent rains have helped limit losses, though early-planted corn and soy still took a hit to yields due to the drought.
The Buenos Aires exchange said that in the first week of the forecast there would be rains of varied intensity in farm regions in the north and west, while the south and eastern regions would receive “moderate to small” volumes of rain.
In the latter week period from Feb. 3 a storm front was expected to bring “general precipitation of very varied intensity” to most of the farming area, though still focused on the north, the exchange said in its report.
Argentina is the world’s top exporter of processed soy and the second largest for corn. Both crops are currently nearing the end of the planting process for the 2021/22 season.
Both corn and soy have seen their crop conditions improve due to the recent rains, after seeing major deterioration earlier in January due to the drought.
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(Reporting by Adam Jourdan; Editing by David Gregorio)
