Argentine farmers might plant as many as 2 million hectares (4.9 million acres) of sunflowers for the 2022-23 growing season, Bloomberg reported. That would be a 20% increase from last year and the most in 14 years, according to the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange. Some of the factors driving the acreage change include higher sunflower oil prices, less export taxes on sunflower oil and less fertilizer. However, the acreage shift might be limited by available sunflower seeds to plant. Seeds just can’t be imported as the seed would not be bred for the Argentine environment. Normally, Argentine farmers plant wheat and barley in May. In July, sunflowers get planted in the northern regions of the country. Farmers on the Pampas plant sunflowers in October.
Argentine Farmers Looking at Switching Wheat to Sunflower Acres
Argentine farmers might plant as many as 2 million hectares (4.9 million acres) of sunflowers for the 2022-23 growing season, Bloomberg reported.
(AgWeb)
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