This is a significant figure, given the adverse climatic conditions of the last heavy season, and even more so when the decline is only 1.9% year-on-year, representing the third highest production in the last 20 years.
At the end of the year, the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange published the figures for the 2020/21 corn campaign. Among the most outstanding figures, it is worth noting that 6.6 million hectares were sown, the highest in the last 20 seasons. It also ended 3.5 million tons higher than the initial production forecast, due to an increase of 300,000 hectares compared with the first sowing estimate and the excellent yields reported in the province of Córdoba.
Thus, total national production reached 50.5 million tones, reflecting a 1.9% year-on-year decline and positioning it as the third-largest production in the past 20 seasons.
The national average yield was 78.6 qt/ha down 3 qt/ha compared to the previous cycle. However, it remains 1.3 qt/ha above the average of the last 5 seasons.
Despite the production decline, the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange indicated that it will contribute an added value of USD 14.83 billion to the Argentine economy in 2021; 20% above last year’s value, thanks to a recorded increase in crop prices, which are higher than the maximums of the last eight seasons.
