date:Jul 08, 2013
rmers into relying heavily on soybeans, which do not face the same kind of trade restrictions.
The Buenos Aires Grains Exchange forecasts farmers will plant 3.9 million hectares with wheat this season, while the agriculture ministry estimates about 4 million hectares.
Farmers are calculating costs to see if they will plant wheat or not (this season). Planting areas will be limited as long as these policies remain unchanged, Etchevehere said.
The head of another farmers' group, the Argentine A