date:Mar 19, 2013
rn from green to brown, said Anthony Deane, head of consultancy Weather-Wise Argentina.
Aside from being the No. 1 exporter of soyoil, used in the booming international biofuels sector, and soymeal animal feed, Argentina is the world's No. 3 supplier of soybeans and corn.
Its 2012/13 corn crop is not as likely to be damaged by the cold snap as corn fields are well past the flowering stages during which plants are most vulnerable to frost.
The government expects a 2012/13 corn crop of 27 milli