Argentina becomes the first country to approve genetically modified wheat
Argentina, the fourth largest wheat exporter in the world, has become the first country in the world to approve the commercialisation of a variety of transgenic wheat Argentina has become the first country to approve the growth and consumption of genetically modified wheat, the Agriculture Ministry announced Thursday. In a statement released by the portfolio, the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (National Commission for Science and Technology, CONICET) said…
Argentine wheat exports to Asia a record between February and March 2020
More than half of the 1.2 million tonnes of wheat that will arrive in the region between February and March are destined for Indonesia Shipments of Argentine wheat to Asia are rising to record levels over the next two months as the drought slows Australian production and other offshore inventories. Indonesia, Asia’s largest importer, is expected to Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines to receive nearly 1.2 million tons of wheat from the South American country, operators said, that have access to shipping…
Argentina’s 2019 wheat crop expected to be a record
Argentine farmers are expected to plant 6.5 million hectares of wheat in the 2019/20 season, the government said in a report, citing good rainfall as the reason for the increase from its previous forecast of 6.46 million hectares. “Good soil moisture conditions have favored planting,” the agriculture secretariat said in its monthly grains report. Wheat in Argentina is planted in June and July and harvested in December and January. Some 39% of this season’s wheat crop has been planted so far, the report…
Argentina: Record-breaking wheat exports to Brazil
Argentina exported to Brazil 5,910,000 tonnes of wheat suitable for bread, which meant the volume of shipments to that country is the highest of the last 12 years and represented an income of USD 1,306 Billion, as revealed by the Secretariat of Government of agribusiness, through the undersecretary of agricultural markets. This record figure, according to the Indec data, was only exceeded in 2006, when 6.1 million tonnes were exported to Brazil. In the period 2016-18, meanwhile, the deliveries of wheat to…
