# With world short of wheat, Argentina farmers worry about crop | Reuters

> Prolonged dry weather, rising fertilizer costs and uncertainty over export rules are leading Argentine farmers to plant more soybeans and less wheat. Argentina is the world's sixth-largest wheat exporter.

- Date: 2022-06-29 · published 2022-06-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14026-with-world-short-of-wheat-argentina-farmers-worry-about-crop-reuters
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A shift from wheat to soybeans reduces Argentine wheat supply in a tight world market, supporting wheat prices while adding future soybean supply that weighs on soy prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-09-15 | [Argentina wheat farmers abandon some lots due to drought, exchange says \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39652-argentina-wheat-farmers-abandon-some-lots-due-to-drought-exchange-says-reuters.md) | +5.5% | -9.2% |
| WHEAT | 2019-07-29 | [Argentina wheat farmers eye record harvest as bad crop weather hits rivals](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58133-argentina-wheat-farmers-eye-record-harvest-as-bad-crop-weather-hits-rivals.md) | +0.7% | -1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2026-07-23 | [Heat Worries US Wheat Farmers Just as Crop Prices Surge - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18406-heat-worries-us-wheat-farmers-just-as-crop-prices-surge-bloomberg.md) | -2.5% | +2.2% |
| WHEAT | 2024-04-29 | [The Latest News About the U.S. Wheat Crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30782-the-latest-news-about-the-u-s-wheat-crop.md) | -1.8% | +21.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-11-20 | [Russian farmers ditch wheat for other crops after heavy losses](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27441-russian-farmers-ditch-wheat-for-other-crops-after-heavy-losses.md) | -0.0% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2025-11-07 | [Wet Argentine farmland offsets drier La Nina outlook \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13825-wet-argentine-farmland-offsets-drier-la-nina-outlook-reuters.md) | +3.7% | +1.2% |
| SOY | 2022-11-14 | [Argentina exchange cuts wheat outlook again, rains spell hope for soy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13999-argentina-exchange-cuts-wheat-outlook-again-rains-spell-hope-for-soy.md) | -1.9% | +0.3% |
| SOY | 2025-05-21 | [Dry weather to bring relief to Argentina's soggy farmlands](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13857-dry-weather-to-bring-relief-to-argentina-s-soggy-farmlands.md) | -0.4% | +2.1% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/with-world-short-wheat-argentina-farmers-worry-about-crop-2022-06-29/

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