date:Jan 07, 2013
the previous season's rate by 13.7points due to flood-related logistical problems.
Fungal diseases have attacked watery wheat fields, cuttingaverage yields in the southern part of the grains belt to 2.8tonnes per hectare, 22.8 percent below
average yields over thelast 10 years, the report said.
The Argentine government expects wheat output of 10.5million tonnes, lower than initially estimated.