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Wheat sales in Brazil are slow in March and Argentina exports higher volumes

Wheat
Brazil
Market & Price Trends
Published Mar 29, 2024

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The Brazilian wheat market has experienced a slowdown in March, attributed to producers' focus on summer harvests and mills being adequately supplied, diminishing the urgency for wheat purchases. Meanwhile, Argentina has seen an uptick in wheat exports due to an increased supply, which could influence Brazil's import patterns as Argentina explores new markets. Projections by Safras & Mercado indicate a 12.3% decrease in Brazil's wheat cultivation area for the 2024/25 season, primarily in Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná, as a response to the previous year's adverse weather conditions. This anticipated reduction underscores the significant impact of weather on agricultural decisions and hints at potential shifts in Brazilian wheat market dynamics.
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The Brazilian wheat market maintained its slow pace of sales in March. The scenario is the same as in recent months, with the focus on summer harvests. In addition to the producers focusing on cultural treatments and harvesting soybeans and corn, mainly, the mills are well supplied and require little, and the country's logistics are fully occupied to transport the soybeans. Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe! This month, Safras & Mercado analyst, Elcio Bento, drew attention to Argentina's wheat exports, which are at a faster pace compared to last year, due to the ample supply in this harvest. The country needs to be more aggressive in its foreign sales and has been supplying the cereal to new buyers. Brazil accounts for a proportionally low volume of this interannual increase. There is no concern about a shortage in Brazil, but Argentine cereal can go to other destinations, meaning that the Brazilian industry will need to import from alternative sources to ...
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