The strong drought in our country it continues to alarm agribusiness producers. It is true that this last weekend there were rains that give some hope to the crops, but experts on the subject and those affected by the water emergency know that the problem will affect the sector in millions of dollars.
due to this environmental Issuesthe first projections made by the Rosario Stock Exchange, province of Santa Fe, mark a decrease of 17.5% year-on-year. The liquidation of the large agro-export complexes will reach, in the course of 2023, some US$33,500 million for the droughtwhile last year it was possible to reach more than US$40.4 billion.
The Rosario Stock Exchange itself, in response to the report created, insists that the preliminary projection will be affected to a great extent by how the drought in the coming months. Besides, It is necessary to take into account the speculations generated by the gigantic grain producers of our country, due to the fact that during the year the presidential elections will take place, which could interfere in the decision to sell by the large concentrators.
In the province of Buenos Aires, the dairy industry is one of the most affected by the adverse weather conditionsThat is why the Buenos Aires Liaison Commission and the Dairy Chambers had a meeting with the provincial Minister of Agrarian Development, Javier Rodríguez, to whom they raised their problems in the sector.
Cereals and oilseeds
The area sown to oilseeds, including cotton, safflower, rapeseed, sunflower, flax, peanut and soybean, is 6% higher than at the beginning of last year, so total productivity is estimated to increase by 2%, which would mean 49.3 million tons.
On the other hand, contrary to the oilseeds, the projections of the areas planted with cereals such as canary seed, rice, oats, barley, rye, corn, millet, sorghum and wheat will register a contraction of between 9% and 20%. of total production, leaving 68.4 million tons for the 2022/23 cycle.
