Overview
- Roughly 10% of early maize area—about 150,000 hectares—has been harvested, yielding an initial regional average near 100 quintals per hectare in the región núcleo.
- Yields are highly uneven, with the western sector topping 105 qq/ha and many eastern areas near Rosario at 70–80 qq/ha, including gaps of up to 95 qq within Marcos Juárez.
- Recent rainfall favored the west with about 50–64 mm over seven days, while the east recorded only 2–22 mm, reinforcing the spatial yield contrast.
- Harvesting has accelerated to preempt forecast violent storms, following recent wind damage and isolated hail that previously affected about 30,000 hectares.
- Buenos Aires Grain Exchange kept national output projections unchanged at 48.5 Mt for soy and 57 Mt for maize, and reported sunflower 33.8% harvested at an average 23 qq/ha with a 6.2 Mt outlook.