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Uruguayan wheat production in marketing year (MY) 2024/2025 is forecast at 1.3 million tons, 260,000 tons lower than the previous crop season which saw record high yields. Wheat exports are projected down at 800,000 tons, 29 percent lower than the previous year.

Wheat production in marketing year (MY) 2023-2024 is forecast to remain flat at 1.2 million metric tons. Production will remain flat despite a larger harvested area as Post projects a return to trend from high yields in the previous season.

In marketing year (MY) 2022/2023 Post forecasts Uruguay to increase its wheat area somewhat, but production and exports would be marginally lower than in the past two marketing years due lower expected yield.

In marketing year 2021/22, wheat production and exports are forecast up to 980,000 tons and 500,000 tons, respectively, on increased planted area.

Uruguayan wheat farmers in 2020-2021 are projected to keep planted acreage unchanged, with a similar output at 780,000 tons.

Uruguayan wheat production in marketing year (MY) 2019/20 is forecast up at 825,000 tons. A very good wheat season in MY 2018/19 is expected to encourage a larger planted acreage.

Uruguayan wheat harvested area remains unchanged in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 with production forecast at 600,000 tons on average yields with exports of 100,000 tons rebounding to normal levels....

ruguayan beef exports for 2017 are forecast down marginally at 382,000 tons carcass weight equivalent.

A locust attack in Santa Cruz devastated around 1,500 hectares of agricultural land.

A historic drought in Bolivia is causing water restrictions in households in the capital of La Paz and reducing grain and oilseed production output by 27 percent in 2016.