By maximilian heath
Buenos Aires (Reuters) -Aragal Aragantina, has criticized the heavy rains in recent days, leaving some underwater soy fields with up to 400 millimeters (15.75 inches) of rainfall registered in certain areas, bringing widespread floods.
“62.14 miles) west of the capital, Buenos Aires, a rural area 100 km (62.14 miles) west of the capital, Buenos Aires:” Everywhere I looked like a sea of water. “
“Some agricultural lands in the lower areas are completely covered with water and it will be very difficult to harvest. Some people have lost their farms.”
Argentina is the largest source in the world for soybean oil, soybean meal, and an atom number 3.
Rain is about three to four times in May, according to German HEINZNECNECHT, a meteorological specialist in applied climate consulting, raising farmers’ concerns that soy and corn crops may suffer from great losses.
Hinzen Kinste said that heavy rains from Thursday to Saturday have already added to the abundant shower in recent months.
“The amount of water that fell was very ridiculous,” said Heinzenkint. “Even if only 150 mm had come, we would face floods.”
Farmers face a delay in harvesting the current soy crop due to wet fields and muddy roads. The postponement of the harvest may open crops or seed pods, which also causes losses.
In Salto, another agricultural area north of Buenos Aires, storms were flooded 171,000 hectares with 330 mm of water, according to Esteban Plasibate farms.
“I have Silobags and I know that I will face problems. I have in high places, but this time the high places were overwhelmed by water,” he said. He added that the floods affect chicken and pig farms in the area as well.
Silobags are large bags that farmers can use to store more than 200 tons of soybeans. These bags are widely used in Argentina and can be seen in fields throughout the country.
Soybeans that have not yet been harvested at risk, given that the assembly has already delayed due to the excess of water in the soil. The main delays involve potential losses due to crop disease or horns holes in this field.
Although corn is more tolerant of water, Vivanco explained that some fields have seen more than a meter water levels, which can affect the development of the factory.
The Carbap Farmers Association showed pictures on the social media platform X of underwater fields and unpleasant agricultural roads.
Heavy rains in floods in some cities in Buenos Aires County, where the local residents had to be evacuated from their homes.
Before the last rains, the exchanging Buenos Aires Grains estimated the current soybean crop to reach 50 million metric tons and corn crops to 49 million tons, respectively. Both crops in the harvest.
“Everything is affected. This is the opposite of anything we have seen before,” Fifanco said.
(Participated in Maximilian Heath reports; written by Kylie Madry and Rafael Escalera Montoto; edited by Aida Pelaz-Fernandez, Jean Harvey and Uorra Elis)
