date:Jul 18, 2013
ear in the northern provinces of Salta, Jujuy, Chaco and Formosa, less than half the 530,000 hectares planted in those areas in 2012.
These provinces, while not included in Argentina's main wheat belt in southern Buenos Aires province, are usually the first to be harvested in early November.
This is a big problem because it's only July and supplies are already running thin, said Leandro Pierbattisti, an analyst with the country's grains warehousing industry chamber. The usual early harvest in