Heatwave in Argentina raises caution about bumper soybean and corn harvests

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A heat wave with dry weather in Argentina has generated warnings about the development conditions of grain crops and the need for rain so that soybean and corn crops remain on track to obtain abundant harvests. The South American country, one of the world's biggest exporters of processed soybeans and the third-largest exporter of corn, is recovering from a drought-hit harvest last season, with the El Niño weather pattern bringing better rainfall. The corn harvest is expected to be record. However, with plantations in important stages of development, a period of hot and dry weather, with temperatures approaching 40 degrees Celsius, caused crop and soil conditions to deteriorate, with more days of hot and dry weather to come. front. "First class soybeans were doing very well until this week when the heat set in and the lack of rain began to manifest itself in lower quality lots," the Rosario grain exchange said in a report, adding that this was happening in ...