Barley production in Argentina in 2024/25 could fall despite the increase in the planted area

Published 2025년 1월 18일

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Argentina is expected to become the world's second-largest barley exporter in the 2024/25 campaign due to global market tensions and low production levels, despite an increase in planted area and a slight decrease in production. The country plans to plant 1.6 million hectares of barley, an 8.5% increase from the previous campaign, with the majority of the planting in southern Buenos Aires. However, the production is estimated to be 3.5% lower than the previous campaign and 10.5% higher than the average production of the last five campaigns due to lower yields caused by a humidity shortage. The total supply is projected to be 3.4% below the previous campaign but 11.5% above the average of the last five years, with demand projected to be higher at 3.4 Mt due to a tight global market and increasing opportunities in Brazil.

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Global market tensions with historically low production and stock levels would allow Argentina to regain second place in the ranking of barley exporters worldwide in the 2024/25 campaign, according to a report from the Rosario Stock Exchange (BCR). However, barley production in Argentina in 2024/25 would fall despite the increase in the planted area In the 2024/25 campaign, the area planted with barley nationwide would amount to 1.6 million hectares, according to estimates by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (SAGyP). This represents an increase of 8.5% compared to the previous campaign, that is, almost 130,000 more hectares. Two thirds of the national planted area would be concentrated in the southern Buenos Aires delegations of Tres Arroyos (574,000 Ha.), Tandil (258,000 Ha.) and Pigüé (239,000 Ha.). If we add to this the delegations of Saliqueló, in the southwest of Buenos Aires (104,000 Ha.), and Santa Rosa in La Pampa (88,000 Ha.), the coverage reaches 77% ...

Source: Chacra Magazine