Argentina Wheat Production at Record Levels

12-Jan-2026 11:54 AM

Buenos Aires. Wheat production in Argentina, the Latin American country, is projected to reach an all-time high during the 2025-26 season, surpassing previous records. Although initial weather conditions were somewhat unfavorable, the situation has improved over the past two months.

This has led to expectations of a significant increase in average yield, prompting both leading commodity exchanges—the Rosario Grain Exchange and the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange—to regularly revise their wheat production estimates upwards.

The Rosario Grain Exchange had initially estimated wheat production in Argentina for the 2025-26 season at 24.5 million tons in November 2025, which was increased by 3.2 million tons in its December report, setting a new record of 27.7 million tons.

This figure is 37.08 percent higher than the 20.1 million tons produced in the 2024-25 season and 20.4 percent higher than the record production of 23 million tons in 2021-22.

This year, the wheat planted area has increased from 7.1 million hectares last year to 7.17 million hectares, while the average yield is projected to jump by 35 percent from 3.04 tons per hectare in the previous season to 4.10 tons.

Argentina is among the top seven wheat exporting countries in the world, with most of its exports going to neighboring Brazil. It also ships wheat to several other countries.

Harvesting of the new wheat crop has already begun in this Latin American nation. The grain quality is also good, and the government has reduced export duties on wheat.