The previous forecast at 54.8 million tons was increased thanks to exceeded expectations of productivity.

"Harvesting started in the main soy belt in the North Central part of the province of córdoba, showing a high level of productivity, exceeding expectations of production volumes in the Central agricultural region of the country", – stated in the weekly report of the exchange about the harvest.

In addition, on Thursday, the Ministry of agriculture has somewhat modified its estimate of the acreage of soybeans in the 2016/17 year to 19.42 million hectares from 19.45 million hectares. the Ministry has not yet published a rating of the soybean crop this season.

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