Argentina Soybean Production Forecast 2013-2014

by Eduardo Petazze
According to the Grain Exchange Buenos Aires, in its weekly Jan. 3, 2014 report the area for soybeans is estimated at
20.45 million hectares (87.2% already in place)
The SIIA Weekly Agricultural Report January 2, 2014, for a planting intention 20,806,543 hectares (83% were
implanted), we estimate a production of 55.3 million tons
Also see Monthly Report of Dec13
We estimate the soybean crop in Argentina could reach 21.5 million hectares in the year 2013/2014, with a production of 57.3
million tons
The following is a summary of the estimates of area (own and official) as compared with the last four seasons
Soybean Planted (he)
State
Delegation
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
ARGENTINA
18,344,240 18,880,979 18,671,387 20,037,872 21,483,469
BUENOS AIRES 25 de Mayo
315,100
406,975
405,300
452,100
489,900
BUENOS AIRES Baha Blanca
1,140
1,850
4,300
3,050
4,600
BUENOS AIRES Bolivar
389,000
350,000
330,300
159,050
421,500
BUENOS AIRES Bragado
290,600
287,220
287,300
297,600
335,900
BUENOS AIRES Gral. Madariaga
65,100
73,400
77,050
131,750
138,500
BUENOS AIRES Junn
572,400
591,000
598,300
621,900
679,400
BUENOS AIRES La Plata
75,000
77,660
76,420
78,600
52,700
BUENOS AIRES Lincoln
756,000
841,200
830,800
784,300
753,869
BUENOS AIRES Pehuaj
887,400
952,200
893,200
759,285
912,800
BUENOS AIRES Pergamino
788,850
788,150
784,650
793,550
859,800
BUENOS AIRES Pigu
175,500
181,000
178,600
298,750
290,800
BUENOS AIRES Salliquel
331,500
342,500
330,050
388,000
367,300
BUENOS AIRES Tandil
511,263
507,800
494,000
955,920
877,600
BUENOS AIRES Tres Arroyos
517,579
532,037
679,537
1,012,600
993,900
CATAMARCA
53,000
53,000
37,000
24,300
30,800
CHACO
668,600
700,800
689,550
548,230
607,700
CORDOBA
Laboulaye
686,000
706,500
732,000
821,400
466,000
CORDOBA
Marcos Jurez
1,205,550
1,159,050
1,111,300
1,144,112
1,649,900
CORDOBA
Ro Cuarto
1,095,500
1,037,600
1,025,000
1,226,550
925,800
CORDOBA
San Francisco
1,212,000
1,217,000
1,180,000
1,197,300
1,452,600
CORDOBA
Villa Mara
929,590
934,240
965,950
959,950
1,345,900
CORRIENTES
20,668
16,795
25,000
15,000
19,100
ENTRE RIOS
Paran
523,000
508,000
468,700
513,600
536,200
ENTRE RIOS
Rosario del Tala
945,000
960,000
863,000
905,000
947,200
FORMOSA
6,100
6,100
12,000
10,000
10,200
JUJUY
10,660
12,150
12,150
9,220
12,200
LA PAMPA
Gral. Pico
337,400
336,300
373,400
395,900
363,300
LA PAMPA
Santa Rosa
68,000
66,000
23,475
51,500
119,800
MISIONES
880
930
880
1,095
1,900
SALTA
586,385
599,515
600,015
557,760
573,800
SAN LUIS
155,000
171,400
170,700
398,790
458,600
SGO. DEL ESTERO
811,500
1,100,000
1,073,000
1,148,210
1,236,800
STA. FE
Avellaneda
188,000
208,000
193,500
383,900
206,000
STA. FE
Caada de Gmez
726,375
718,137
751,000
674,000
946,500
STA. FE
Casilda
722,900
728,600
733,300
714,100
804,100
STA. FE
Rafaela
780,000
790,000
770,000
790,000
677,300
STA. FE
Venado Tuerto
662,000
663,000
660,000
611,500
690,000
TUCUMAN
273,700
254,870
230,660
200,000
223,200
Official data
The expected yields and compared to previous seasons
Soybean Yield (kg/he)
State
Delegation
2009/10
2010/11
ARGENTINA
2,905
2,608
BUENOS AIRES 25 de Mayo
3,588
3,080
BUENOS AIRES Baha Blanca
1,996
1,781
BUENOS AIRES Bolivar
2,601
2,426
BUENOS AIRES Bragado
3,338
2,998
BUENOS AIRES Gral. Madariaga
2,653
2,119
BUENOS AIRES Junn
3,455
3,743
BUENOS AIRES La Plata
3,463
3,167
BUENOS AIRES Lincoln
3,218
2,708
BUENOS AIRES Pehuaj
3,034
2,062
BUENOS AIRES Pergamino
3,764
3,670
BUENOS AIRES Pigu
1,328
2,031
BUENOS AIRES Salliquel
2,237
1,824
BUENOS AIRES Tandil
2,612
2,131
BUENOS AIRES Tres Arroyos
2,573
1,657
CATAMARCA
2,500
2,200
CHACO
2,414
2,369
CORDOBA
Laboulaye
2,952
2,299
CORDOBA
Marcos Jurez
3,336
3,053
CORDOBA
Ro Cuarto
1,798
2,374
CORDOBA
San Francisco
2,537
2,137
CORDOBA
Villa Mara
2,314
2,203
CORRIENTES
1,751
1,750
ENTRE RIOS
Paran
2,934
2,571
ENTRE RIOS
Rosario del Tala
2,657
2,394
FORMOSA
1,500
1,500
JUJUY
2,709
2,851
LA PAMPA
Gral. Pico
2,068
1,586
LA PAMPA
Santa Rosa
1,533
1,216
MISIONES
2,602
2,456
SALTA
2,836
2,962
SAN LUIS
1,731
2,348
SGO. DEL ESTERO
3,649
2,243
STA. FE
Avellaneda
2,204
1,815
STA. FE
Caada de Gmez
3,485
3,154
STA. FE
Casilda
3,614
3,599
STA. FE
Rafaela
3,252
2,819
STA. FE
Venado Tuerto
3,554
3,429
TUCUMAN
2,728
2,890

2011/12
2,281
2,607
1,646
2,885
2,750
2,054
3,030
2,627
2,453
2,968
3,164
1,967
2,840
2,164
1,988
1,900
763
2,028
2,515
1,766
2,062
1,628
1,000
2,512
2,244
950
2,524
2,699
2,433
887
1,264
1,739
1,081
890
3,098
2,988
2,315
2,725
1,508

2012/13
2,539
2,865
1,296
2,253
3,184
2,444
3,777
3,073
2,914
3,123
3,502
2,002
2,460
2,014
1,676
1,099
1,307
2,298
3,859
2,231
1,894
2,165
1,200
2,718
2,360
1,200
1,537
1,884
828
2,595
841
1,722
1,561
2,754
3,397
3,568
3,013
3,687
1,410

2013/14
20,806,543
497,300
750
435,000
473,750
130,100
680,600
811,380
654,750
800,200
230,000
280,000
979,000
1,025,100
51,000
630,000
890,000
1,175,400
1,177,800
1,205,000
945,700
15,000
522,000
950,000
10,000
9,220
429,000
76,000
1,320
557,760
392,500
1,302,000
179,500
710,300
943,113
820,000
610,000
206,000

2013/14
2,728
3,338
1,547
2,231
3,185
2,009
3,753
2,822
3,256
2,401
3,613
1,611
1,826
2,379
1,752
2,428
1,871
2,772
3,468
2,782
2,198
2,790
1,554
2,605
2,333
1,828
2,710
1,731
1,728
1,820
2,610
2,373
1,991
2,159
3,502
3,492
2,904
3,663
2,624