The throne of agriculture already has a new owner: Brazil, the U.S., or Argentina?

If in 2015 someone had anticipated that the agricultural map of America would be completely reordered, few would have believed it. However, the last decade moved pieces that seemed fixed: soybeans changed hands, corn modified its rhythm and the decade pushed it strongly, and wheat surprised with new trends. The United States, Brazil, and Argentina remained in the world podium of the three crops, but they did so with very different trajectories. What happened between 2015/16 and 2024/25 to make the board almost unrecognizable? The last decade moved pieces that seemed fixed: soybeans changed hands, corn altered production strategies in the region, and wheat surprised with new trends. Photograph taken on October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Barrett/File Soybeans: the reign changed hands Soybeans were the protagonist of one of the most noticeable shifts. Brazil took the lead with a production that grew by an average of 6.9% annually, driven by the expansion of the agricultural frontier ...