date:Jul 18, 2013
eat export curbs that they say hurt profits and make crop planning impossible. The resulting shortage has pushed the price of wheat for domestic consumption in Argentina to $406 per tonne from $219 in January and $175 in July 2012.
By comparison, U.S. soft red winter wheat is being offered for August and September shipment from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico at $275 per tonne.
The Argentine price rally started with reports in early in the year of bad weather that hobbled what was already expected to