The drought almost constant in the last three years has caused an impact on the amount of grains and cereals in the 2022/23 harvest. According to data from the Rosario Stock Exchange, during this season some 42 million fewer tons of soybeans, corn and wheataccording to some sources and closer to 30 Mt according to others.
The situation will affect, on the one hand, the dollar income to the country. On the other hand, the price increase of these and other agricultural products has begun to be noticed.
Losses due to lack of rain range from US$ 600 to US$ 1,300 per hectare for soybeans primera, while for late corn, they range from U$S 700 a los U$S 1500 per acre. The data from the Rosario Stock Exchange also specified that the State would stop receiving more than US$ 1 billion for withholdings.
The situation alerts the campo for months, because it affects the yields and income of grain and cereal producers, who would lose income of more than US$ 10,000 million. The bad drink is not limited to the cultivated fields or the dollars that the Central Bank will not receive, but also to livestock producers and poultry farms. This has already begun to impact prices, beyond the inflationary context itself.
most expensive chicken
2022 was one of the fourteen driest years in the last 60. With 27 million tons to be harvested from militaryIt will be the worst crop since 2018/19. He cornmeanwhile, will fall 15% while there will be some 7 million fewer tons of soybeans. What many describe as the second worst crop in 15 years is already having an impact on the meat and chicken prices; among others.
The food that chickens eat in hatcheries increased 75% in less than five months; according to industry benchmarks. Although it is not the only reason and in the middle of the bird flu crisis, he egg maple has had increases of up to 40% in the last two weeks, while there have also been increases in the kilo of chicken.
The ton of corn, meanwhile, had a significant jump in January; something that was expected since October, and began to cost $50,000 a ton. Before that month, the average value of this product was less than $20,000.
According to the Consumer Price Index of the City of Buenos Aires (IPCBA), meat and its derivatives increased by 15% during February. In relation to chicken, the increases can range between 10% and 20% in the last two weeks.
food in the feedlots
The case of the carne is similar, since its price started climbing since january; after several months in which she had increased at a slower rate than the inflation. The increase that has occurred every month since then had several reasons. One of them was also the increase in the price of corn, the main fattening material in the feedlots.
The price of meat also began to increase because the drought also had high costs in the heads of cattle, which were first “raffled” due to lack of food and, later, they began to be scarce with a loss close to 20% of the “animals operational”.
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