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

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% ...