The main producing provinces are Buenos Aires, with 1,140,122 ha; La Pampa, with 283,500 ha; Santa Fe, with 268,237 ha; and Córdoba, with 231,042 ha.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Ministry of Economy of the Nation reported that The 2024/2025 sunflower harvest campaign reached 5,000,000 tons, which means 28.2% more compared to the previous season.
This corresponds to a planted with 2,200,000 hectareswhich implies an increase of 15.8% compared to 2023/2024. In addition to the increase in the area, Getting to good yields were recorded at the country level, of 22.8 quintals per hectare.
The main producing provinces are Buenos Aires, with 1,140,122 ha; La Pampa, with 283,500 ha; Santa Fe, with 268,237 ha; and Córdoba, with 231,042 ha.
From the portfolio they detailed that Sunflower is also sold as seed, flour, grain and is destined to the production of edible oil, exporting the one produced to more than 29 countries (India is our main destination), with a chain that generates almost 1.5 billion dollars in foreign exchange to the country.
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The Government will extend the decline in retentions for wheat and barley
The Government announced that it will extend the TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF REETENCIONES For fine harvest -el wheat and the barley– until March 31, 2026. However, the measure does not reach the soy, corn, sunflower, sorghum and all its by -products that as of July 1 they will pay again export right to values at the beginning of the year.
“The exports of these products and their derivatives accumulate around U $ 4,000 million per yearabout 5% of total Argentine exports, “announced the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputothrough their social networks.
The first reduction of retentions for all products was made last January with the intention of helping agriculture, in the middle of the drought and the Low of commodities price.
“With this extension, the benefit will be extended for 9 months more covering the next fine harvest that is beginning to be sown in these weeks,” added the head of the Treasury Palace.
Wheat and barley will continue to pay a retention of 9.5%, which was reduced from the initial 12%.
Source: Ambito
