Trigo Argentino

SUBREGION III

BACKGROUND FOR THE CROP

The 2012 wheat campaign initiated with scarce humidity in autumn, particularly in the months of March and April, with a deficit for the historical average of over 100 mm. Later, eventual rains in May improved the refill of the soil profile and, although June and July were dryer than expected, abundant rains in August refilled the profile, therefore, it was believed that this would be a good campaign. However, these rains continued in September and particularly in October casing a lower radiation and thus a decrease in the expected yield, and mainly, a strong incidence of Ear Fusarium (Fusarium spp), which brought about not only a decrease in the yield but also a bad industrial and commercial quality.

As regards the temperatures during the crop cycle, except for July that was colder than the historical average, the other months when the crop develops and grows were milder than the expected average, which also influenced in the potential yield.

As regards the leaf diseases, there were significant levels of Yellow Spot (Dreschslera tritici repentis), and some cases in highly susceptible crops, Leaf Rust (Puccinia triticina Erikss).

Therefore, obtained yields were low and harvested grains presented some quality problems.

MAP OF THE SUBREGION

RESULTS OF THE ANALYSES

WHEAT ANALYSIS		PARAMETERS	MINIMUM	MAXIMUM	AVERAGE	STANDARD DEVIATION	VARIATION COEFFICIENT
		Test Weight (kg/hl)	72,40	78,80	75,96	1,66	2,19
		Total Damaged Kernels (%)	1,26	5,43	3,21	0,98	30,37
		Foreign Material (%)	0,16	2,09	0,56	0,44	77,84
		Shrunken and Broken Kernels (%)	0,41	1,48	0,88	0,23	25,46
		Yellow Berry Kernels (%)	0,00	16,30	5,73	4,96	86,64
		Protein (13,5% Moisture) (%) (%)	11,0	12,8	12,0	0,4	3,63
		Protein (S.S.S) (%)	12,7	14,8	13,9	0,4	3,63
		Weight of 1000 Kernels (gr.)	29,36	34,90	32,59	1,51	4,63
		Ash (% dry basis)(%)	1,860	2,070	1,948	0,067	3,44
	Total damaged kernels include 0.19% green kernels, 2.06% calcinated kernels, 0.17% sprouted kernels and 0.17% insect chewed kernels.

GRADE DISTRIBUTION

FLOUR ANALYSIS	PARAMETERS		MINIMUM	MAXIMUM	AVERAGE	STANDARD DEVIATION	VARIATION COEFFICIENT
	MILLING	Wet Gluten (%)	23,4	30,7	27,0	1,9	7,01
		Dry Gluten (%)	7,8	10,1	9,0	0,6	6,89
		Falling Number (seg.)	358	448	411	24	5,77
		Flour Yield (%)	69,1	74,8	71,8	1,6	2,26
		Ash (dry basis) (%)	0,565	0,835	0,704	0,066	9,42
	FARINOGRAM	Water Absorption (14% H°) (%)	55,3	59,7	57,3	0,9	1,49
		Development Time (min.)	3,8	6,2	5,2	0,5	10,18
		Stability (min.)	3,7	9,1	6,8	1,4	20,32
		Degree of Softening (12 min.)	74	106	88	10	10,90
		P (mm)	57	72	62	4	6,55
	ALVEOGRAM
		L (mm)	84	125	109	11	10,16
		W Joules x 10^-4	151	230	191	22	11,47
		P / L	0,46	0,86	0,57	0,09	15,66
	These results were elaborated with 21 composite samples prepared proportionally from 540 primary samples (farmer deliveries)

SUBREGION DATA

In this sub region the wheat production was 586,958 tons., the 7.1% of the national total. Were sampled 74,889 tons., the 12.76% of the sub region production

APPENDIX OF LOCALITY COMPOSITE SAMPLES
SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION		WHEAT ANALYSIS
SAMPLE NUMBER	LOCALITY, DISTRICT OR DEPARTMENT	TONNAJE	GRADE	TEST WEIGT (Kg/hl)	TOTAL DAMAGED KERNELS(%)	FOREIGN MATERIAL (%)	SHRUNKEN AND BROKEN KERNELS (%)	YELLOW BERRY KERNELS (%)	PROTEIN (MOISTURE 13,5 % H°)	PROTEIN (s/S.S.S.)	WEIGT OF 1000 KERNELS	ASH(dry basis) %
300	Paraná	4037	3	78,6	2,79	0,16	0,74	0,62	11,0	12,7	34.16	1,930
301	Paraná	4055	F/E	76,4	3,92	0,30	0,93	0,56	11,6	13,4	33,68	1,960
302	Paraná	4035	F/E	77,6	3,40	0,54	0,94	12,97	12,1	14,0	32,76	1,890
303	Paraná	4065	3	75,8	2,03	0,55	0,94	3,92	11,9	13,8	30,18	1,950
304	Villaguay	2036	3	76,1	2,97	0,61	1,31	6,12	12,3	14,2	31,58	1,970
305	Diamante	3987	F/E	77,4	3,34	1,44	0,78	16,30	11,6	13,4	34,70	1,950
306	Diamante	3838	F/E	77,3	3,10	0,23	0,77	9,00	11,5	13,3	33,56	1,960
307	Diamante	3879	F/E	76,4	4,44	0,42	0,92	4,20	11,8	13,6	32,30	2,050
308	La Paz	3985	2	78,8	1,26	0,42	0,71	2,52	12,0	13,9	34,90	1,880
309	La Paz	3960	3	74,7	1,35	0,95	0,73	0,86	12,1	14,0	33,84	1,880
310	Gualeguay	3805	F/E	75,3	3,66	0,52	0,87	5,59	12,7	14,7	33,42	1,920
311	Gualeguay	3916	F/E	74,8	4,00	0,33	0,77	0,67	11,9	13,8	30,76	2,070
312	Gualeguaychú	3903	F/E	74,5	5,43	0,39	0,85	1,94	12,3	14,2	29,84	2,070
313	Gualeguaychú	3879	F/E	72,4	3,28	1,43	1,48	0,00	12,8	14,8	32,32	2,040
314	Nogoyá	3674	F/E	77	3,91	0,31	0,86	13,79	12,0	13,9	33,26	1,880
315	Nogoyá	1898	3	73,4	2,88	2,09	0,54	0,84	12,3	14,2	31,94	2,020
316	C. del Uruguay	3979	3	77,4	2,76	0,44	1,02	6,12	12,7	14,7	31,54	1,900
317	C. del Uruguay	1983	3	74,9	2,59	0,31	1,03	4,49	12,5	14,5	29,36	1,870
318	Victoria	3917	F/E	74,7	3,28	0,43	1,01	8,27	12,3	14,2	33,62	1,900
319	Victoria	3984	3	74	2,99	0,20	0,41	12,24	12,0	13,9	31,70	1,860
320	Rosario del Tala	2074	F/E	75,6	4,08	0,18	1,24	7,66	12,1	14,0	32,38	1,980

APPENDIX OF LOCALITY COMPOSITE SAMPLES
SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION		WHEAT ANALYSIS
SAMPLE NUMBER	LOCALITY, DISTRICT OR DEPARTMENT	WET GLUTEN(%)	DRY GLUTEN(%)	FALLING NUMBER (SEG.)	FLOUR YIELD(%)	FARINOGRAM				ALVEOGRAM				ASH(dry basis)(%)
SAMPLE NUMBER	LOCALITY, DISTRICT OR DEPARTMENT	WET GLUTEN(%)	DRY GLUTEN(%)	FALLING NUMBER (SEG.)	FLOUR YIELD(%)	% AA (14 % H°)	T, D, (MIN.)	STABILITY (MIN.)	DEGREE SOFTENING(12 MIN.)	P	L	W	P//L	ASH(dry basis)(%)
300	Paraná	23,4	7,8	429	71,1	57,0	5,8	9,1	76	72	84	201	0,86	0,645
301	Paraná	25,8	8,8	380	71	58,0	4,9	6,8	85	68	94	194	0,72	0,745
302	Paraná	25,3	8,6	435	71,7	57,3	5,0	8,4	74	65	116	223	0,56	0,655
303	Paraná	27,6	9,5	358	72,7	55,3	5,8	9,0	75	58	125	214	0,46	0,745
304	Villaguay	29,2	10,0	431	74,2	57,4	4,7	6,4	86	64	109	201	0,59	0,765
305	Diamante	25,8	8,3	397	71,1	56,5	5,1	7,4	86	61	102	180	0,60	0,765
306	Diamante	28,6	9,9	434	72,9	56,7	5,1	6,5	88	62	111	202	0,56	0,655
307	Diamante	30,7	9,5	430	74,8	57,4	5,5	7,2	93	59	93	261	0,63	0,765
308	La Paz	26,7	9,0	370	71,3	57,9	5,8	7,3	85	66	125	230	0,53	0,565
309	La Paz	28,0	9,3	415	72,0	56,8	5,0	6,4	106	57	122	203	0,47	0,635
310	Gualeguay	28,8	9,5	448	70,2	59,7	3,8	3,7	100	58	104	152	0,56	0,755
311	Gualeguay	26,6	8,9	413	74,7	56,6	4,7	4,3	102	58	98	151	0,59	0,765
312	Gualeguaychú	25,2	8,5	422	71,1	56,9	4,9	6,1	80	62	119	202	0,52	0,645
313	Gualeguaychú	30,3	10,1	407	73,4	56,9	5,2	5,2	99	57	110	168	0,52	0,775
314	Nogoyá	24,7	8,4	416	70,2	57,2	6,2	7,9	83	59	117	196	0,50	0,645
315	Nogoyá	27,4	9,1	392	71,9	57,9	6,2	7,4	95	57	111	215	0,59	0,685
316	C.del Uruguay	28,8	9,6	436	69,1	57,7	5,1	6,4	80	61	111	195	0,55	0,765
317	C.del Uruguay	28,2	8,7	393	73,5	58,3	5,5	6,2	83	63	102	181	0,62	0,835
318	Victoria	24,8	8,5	412	69,7	57,6	4,9	6,1	102	58	115	179	0,50	0,675
319	Victoria	27,3	8,3	392	73,1	57,3	5,4	8,1	84	62	105	195	0,59	0,645
320	Rosario del Tala	26,5	8,8	421	69,4	56,6	5,4	6,8	89	58	105	166	0,55	0,785