Overview
- In March, the farm heartland logged 41% more rain than average, the Rosario exchange said, flipping soils from dry to saturated.
- Early April downpours brought flash flooding and soft fields that stopped machines in parts of Buenos Aires, with stations clocking 131.6 mm in Arroyito and 130 mm in Miramar and rural roads reported impassable near Azul and Olavarría.
- First-crop soy harvest is starting with wide gaps in results but many lots beating expectations, including 45 to 50 quintals per hectare in Marcos Juárez with peaks near 60, and 24 to 45 in early cuts across central Santa Fe.
- Early maize is moving ahead with strong yields in the core region, where 73% is harvested in many areas and top fields reach 120 to 140 quintals per hectare, though high grain and air moisture are forcing slower machine speeds.
- The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange kept its targets near 48.5 million tonnes for soy, 57 million for maize, and 6.4 million for sunflower, while warning that continued rains could push back harvest windows and dent grain quality and transport access.