Trigo Argentino

SUBREGION V NORTH

BACKGROUND FOR THE CROP

Planting began in May, with good soil moisture levels. Planting ended on June 24; lack of sufficient moisture in the soil led to decrease the area planted.

Fertilization was not even. Some wheat fields received proper amount of fertilizers but fertilization was insufficient in other areas and some fields were not fertilized at all.

Tillering developed under moisture deficit due to lack of rains. Temperatures were low and pest infestation was not significant.

By late July and first week in August, it rained in General San Martin and Rio Segundo departments.

Rust and yellow spot appeared in some fields planted with susceptible varieties.

To the west, in Tercero Arriba department, the first two weeks in September presented good soil moisture level. Drought found the crop at tillering, booting and with flag leaf emergence.

First week in October, the crop was booting, flag leaves were emerging as well as wheat tassels.

Second week in October, soil moisture was average in the west of Tercero Arriba and Rio Segundo departments, where yields were estimated at 2,240 kg/h.

General San Martin department got good yields, with a maximum of 2,700 kg/h. Harvest ended by mid December, with an average yield a little above 2,300 kg/h.

MAP OF THE SUBREGION

RESULTS OF THE ANALYSES

WHEAT ANALYSIS		PARAMETERS	MINIMUM	MAXIMUM	AVERAGE	STANDARD DEVIATION	VARIATION COEFFICIENT
		Test Weight (kg/hl)	76,80	80,80	79,11	1,03	1,30
		Total Damaged Kernels (%)	0,13	1,56	0,51	0,28	55,81
		Foreign Material (%)	0,09	1,60	0,29	0,31	105,00
		Shrunken and Broken Kernels (%)	0,07	0,84	0,53	0,20	37,27
		Yellow Berry Kernels (%)	0,40	13,50	3,57	3,53	99,12
		Protein (13,5% Moisture) (%)	8,6	11,7	10,5	0,8	7,72
		Protein (S.S.S) (%)	9,9	13,5	12,2	0,8	7,72
		Weight of 1000 Kernels (gr.)	30,03	41,27	33,24	2,11	6,35
		Ash (% dry basis)(%)	1,466	2,282	1,813	0,171	9,42
	Total damaged kernels includes 0,05% green kernels, 0,03% frosty kernels, 0,13% sprouted kernels, 0,10% calcinated kernels, 0,10% insect chewed kernels and 0,10% germ-chewed kernel.

GRADE DISTRIBUTION

FLOUR ANALYSIS	PARAMETERS		MINIMUM	MAXIMUM	AVERAGE	STANDARD DEVIATION	VARIATION COEFFICIENT
	MILLING	Wet Gluten (%)	16,4	27,9	23,2	3,0	12,74
		Dry Gluten (%)	6,7	10,0	8,5	1,0	11,23
		Falling Number (sec.)	380	497	439	24	5,54
		Flour Yield (%)	55,0	67,0	58,7	2,5	4,31
		Ash (dry basis) (%)	0,548	0,675	0,614	0,038	6,21
	FARINOGRAM	Water Absorption (14 % H°) (%)	50,0	59,0	54,2	1,7	3,19
		Development Time(min.)	1,2	24,0	10,4	6,3	60,25
		Stability (min.)	2,1	45,6	20,5	12,5	60,96
		Degree of Softening (12 min.)	6	84	33	21	63,03
	ALVEOGRAM
		P (mm)	66	118	81	11	13,63
		L (mm)	43	109	83	17	20,40
		W Joules x 10^-4	156	297	236	42	17,72
		P / L	0,65	2,57	1,05	0,44	41,61
	These results were elaborated with 24 composite samples prepared proportionally from 146 primary samples.

SUBREGION DATA

In this sub region the wheat production was 1.341.850 tons., the 11,9 % of the national total. Were sampled 111.141 tons., the 8,3 % 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) %
600	Río Primero	3300	1	79,90	0,37	0,09	0,32	13,50	9,5	11,0	37,86	1,779
601	Colón	2000	1	80,80	0,13	0,18	0,07	0,40	10,1	11,7	41,27	2,077
602	Juárez Celman	4000	1	79,00	0,56	0,38	0,81	4,90	10,0	11,6	31,06	1,642
603	Juárez Celman	4000	2	80,35	0,50	0,35	0,79	1,60	11,4	13,2	33,42	1,739
604	Río Cuarto	4000	2	79,90	0,72	0,28	0,59	0,65	11,0	12,7	33,23	1,674
605	Río Cuarto	4000	2	80,15	0,59	0,26	0,65	1,00	11,1	12,8	33,16	1,710
606	Río Cuarto	4000	1	80,80	0,73	0,14	0,34	2,00	11,7	13,5	33,12	1,705
607	Río Segundo	4000	2	78,15	0,58	0,25	0,77	4,00	9,8	11,3	31,15	1,742
608	Río Segundo	4050	2	78,60	0,32	0,37	0,70	9,20	9,6	11,1	30,53	1,885
609	General San Martín	2800	2	79,45	0,22	0,12	0,54	2,50	10,4	12,0	32,41	1,711
610	General San Martín	6000	2	77,45	1,56	0,19	0,75	2,30	9,9	11,4	32,72	1,837
611	General San Martín	5500	2	79,00	0,54	0,23	0,47	0,90	10,8	12,5	34,82	1,811
612	General San Martín	6000	1	79,00	0,58	0,18	0,37	3,90	11,0	12,7	34,93	1,756
613	General San Martín	3500	2	78,80	0,38	0,22	0,67	2,40	10,7	12,4	32,74	1,777
614	Río Segundo	6000	2	78,60	0,41	0,35	0,63	1,80	10,3	11,9	30,84	1,805
615	Pte. Roque Sáenz Peña	5500	F/E	79,70	0,45	1,60	0,42	4,20	10,7	12,4	33,15	1,801
616	Río Segundo	7000	2	80,60	0,27	0,23	0,84	0,40	11,7	13,5	30,03	2,031
617	Pte. Roque Sáenz Peña	5000	2	79,90	0,39	0,34	0,23	11,80	9,8	11,3	35,19	1,690
618	Tercero Arriba	7400	2	79,45	0,48	0,18	0,55	0,70	11,5	13,3	33,30	2,282
619	Tercero Arriba	4000	2	78,80	0,39	0,14	0,68	1,00	11,3	13,1	31,43	1,876
620	Pte. Roque Sáenz Peña	5000	2	78,80	0,57	0,14	0,24	9,50	10,0	11,6	34,82	1,690
621	San Justo	4004	2	78,35	0,26	0,18	0,33	7,10	9,0	10,4	34,12	1,736
622	San Justo	4243	2	77,90	0,33	0,18	0,24	4,40	8,6	9,9	35,54	1,466
623	San Justo	5844	2	76,80	0,38	0,37	0,47	1,80	10,5	12,1	30,88	1,890

APPENDIX OF LOCALITY COMPOSITE SAMPLES
SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION		FLOUR ANALYSIS
SAMPLE NUMBER	LOCALITY, DISTRICT OR DEPARTMENT	WET GLUTEN(%)	DRY GLUTEN(%)	FALLING NUMBER (SEC.)	FLOUR YIELD(%)	FARINOGRAM				ALVEOGRAM				ASH(dry basis)(%)
SAMPLE NUMBER	LOCALITY, DISTRICT OR DEPARTMENT	WET GLUTEN(%)	DRY GLUTEN(%)	FALLING NUMBER (SEC.)	FLOUR YIELD(%)	% WA(14% H°)	T, D, (MIN.)	STABILITY (MIN.)	DEGREE SOFTENING (12 MIN.)	P	L	W	P/L	ASH(dry basis)(%)
600	Río Primero	19,4	7,2	430	63,4	54,5	6,7	8,2	78	95	43	156	2,21	0,614
601	Colón	21,8	8,0	497	56,1	59,0	8,3	25,3	15	118	46	212	2,57	0,656
602	Juárez Celman	21,1	7,9	477	57,8	53,1	18,1	38,2	17	85	75	233	1,13	0,573
603	Juárez Celman	26,7	9,6	444	57,8	54,8	10,1	23,4	19	72	103	253	0,70	0,610
604	Río Cuarto	26,1	9,3	472	60,6	54,3	12,1	26,1	24	83	103	287	0,81	0,583
605	Río Cuarto	26,5	9,6	479	61,0	55,7	9,2	18,1	34	82	99	277	0,83	0,548
606	Río Cuarto	27,9	10,0	468	59,4	54,4	8,8	17,5	33	71	109	257	0,65	0,552
607	Río Segundo	20,8	7,7	420	59,2	53,5	1,7	4,5	55	70	88	198	0,80	0,573
608	Río Segundo	20,8	7,6	452	58,2	53,1	1,7	2,5	56	71	89	206	0,80	0,595
609	General San Martín	22,3	8,3	450	56,8	54,1	24,0	45,6	15	105	62	264	1,69	0,613
610	General San Martín	22,8	8,3	410	57,7	54,4	1,8	3,0	50	68	98	211	0,69	0,671
611	General San Martín	24,8	9,1	452	67,0	53,3	11,0	21,4	29	71	78	195	0,91	0,675
612	General San Martín	23,6	8,7	433	59,3	54,3	19,1	31,3	17	92	88	291	1,05	0,573
613	General San Martín	23,4	8,5	411	57,7	54,4	17,9	29,1	22	82	104	297	0,79	0,592
614	Río Segundo	23,3	8,5	446	56,4	53,6	15,4	30,8	13	83	78	237	1,06	0,619
615	Pte. Roque Sáenz Peña	25,4	9,3	412	56,6	57,4	1,8	4,5	42	90	76	249	1,18	0,632
616	Río Segundo	26,5	9,6	455	55,0	55,7	11,6	26,3	19	82	100	285	0,82	0,675
617	Pte. Roque Sáenz Peña	23,0	8,3	412	58,3	55,0	1,9	2,6	67	77	74	198	1,04	0,571
618	Tercero Arriba	25,8	9,4	442	58,6	55,9	10,5	19,1	27	87	88	275	0,99	0,645
619	Tercero Arriba	25,1	9,2	454	56,7	54,9	14,8	26,2	17	88	88	296	1,00	0,618
620	Pte. Roque Sáenz Peña	22,4	8,2	433	58,6	54,4	1,2	2,1	84	66	94	210	10,70	0,585
621	San Justo	18,1	6,7	419	59,0	51,4	14,1	30,0	18	84	67	202	1,25	0,615
622	San Justo	16,4	6,7	380	57,6	51,8	17,5	42,4	6	99	43	175	2,30	0,606
623	San Justo	18,1	6,8	435	59,5	50,0	14,6	27,5	24	67	71	174	0,94	0,645