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"The situation is chaotic." This is how Héctor Faín describes what is happening in his field, in Villa Minetti, in the department of 9 de Julio, in northern Santa Fe, where about 70,000 hectares are affected, with areas where the water reaches up to a meter in height. Without being able to enter with the machines to harvest the corn and soybeans, he says that today there is no way to advance and that with each passing day the situation worsens and the losses grow. Three years ago, northern Santa Fe had faced a severe drought. What is happening there is not an isolated case. In much of northern Santa Fe, the rains of the last months left a similar picture. In just four months, practically what usually rains in an entire year fell, with more than 1,000 millimeters accumulated and episodes of 200 or 300 millimeters in a few days. With saturated soils and no capacity to absorb more water, today there are completely flooded fields and harvesters cannot enter the lots directly, which ...

Wheat futures on American exchanges have shown an increase amid heightened concerns about the harvest due to unfavorable weather conditions in key grain-growing regions of North America. July wheat contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) rose to 620.25 cents per bushel, while hard red winter wheat in Kansas City reached a peak not seen since June 2024 — 679.25 cents per bushel. This is reported by AgroReview Field Conditions in the US: Drought and Declining Crop Quality According to USDA data and drought monitoring, weather conditions are deteriorating in the Great Plains of the US: extreme drought has been recorded in central and western Nebraska, as well as in northwestern Kansas. Weather fluctuations and the passage of new cold fronts are also observed, which could negatively impact crop development. Compared to the previous year, the condition of winter wheat in the US has worsened: 33% of the crops are classified as being in poor or very poor condition, whereas in 2024 ...

For the week ending April 17, Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier. Buying interest on backgrounded cattle was sluggish with heavier discounts were noted on fleshier packages. Alberta and Saskatchewan feedlot operators are carrying the highest inventory since December and cattle on feed 150 days or more are up 30 per cent from last year. Groups of quality calves were hard find; however, demand was inconsistent as buyers focused on preconditioned features. Adverse weather contributed to the variable price structure across Western Canada. The TEAM market report included a group of 114 Angus cross steers with a mean weight of 1,050 pounds with full processing records on a diet of corn silage, barley and DDGs, which traded for $441/cwt fob farm near Rhein, Saskatchewan. At the Ponoka sale, a video of 70 red mixed steers weighing 948 pounds with full processing data on a diet of rolled barley and cereal silage were priced at ...