Page 2 of articles about costs

The average first-quarter live pig price is up nearly 10% from the past 3 years.

After the leafhopper attack, corn yields dropped 30% to around 6 tons/ha. The decrease may continue to worsen.

The soybean harvest started with good yields, but only 3% of the first soybean fields in the core region were harvested. Corn harvest is 30% behind the last 5 seasons.

Strong recovery in production drives higher crushes and exports in the new season.

Corn contracts have exhibited dynamism in the local market since the beginning of the year, driven by export demand. The harvest is advancing in Brazil with divergent projections.

According to Rabobank's "Global pork quarterly Q1 2024" report, production will slow in 2024.

Due to the sustained heat wave, approximately 10% of the planted area for second crop soybeans will be lost in the core area.

Average soybean yield is estimated at 4.12 t/ha vs. 1.33 last year. The new production estimate is 1.5 Mt higher than the 18.7 Mt forecast for the region under normal weather conditions.

Crop production reached a value of 37.3 billion euros (+1.4%), while livestock production was estimated at 35.3 billion euros (-0.8%).

Wageningen Economic Research has developed a new cost price calculation for pigs with the Better Life quality mark.

Argentina's corn, wheat, and soybean production and exports in 2023.