The Great wheat harvest The oil developed in Argentina, which promises a production of 25.5 million tons, is not without problems as it brings with it extraordinary returns poor protein quality of the grain.
This situation can be a real obstacle for the Argentine millingwhich requires one Correct gluten content for producing flour.
The President of the Argentine Milling Industry Association (FAIM), Diego Cifarellithat the factories will be able to obtain the appropriate raw materials for the production of flour and flour products.
“The milling industry won’t have too much trouble getting good quality wheat.”Cifarelli assured Clarín Rural.
In this sense, he explained that the sector “has to find 7 million tons of the best possible quality from almost 30 millionbecause you have 25.5 million crops and 3 million supplies, which is a extremely large number so that the milling industry doesn’t have any problems.”
For Cifarelli it’s time to “wait a little longer”. under the harvest of the center“Because the first batches were logical: there was a huge performance in the northern part of the country, where there was more emphasis on performance than on the use of technology.”
“There are areas in the north where the yield is 6,000, 7,000 quintals per hectare, which is not normal. So we knew that.” There would be a lot of low protein and low gluten products comingbut as the harvest progresses in the central zone, there will certainly be the true figures of the Argentine harvest,” he added.
The low quality of the grain entails a discount on the price of goods paid to producers, a problem in which the company manager understands that it is the actors who continue in the chain “that we have to take over since the “farmer has gambled away and is giving us a bumper harvest”. Provide certainty so that the grain has a value that restores trust to the producer to continue betting.”
“If we don’t make it, This harvest will remain a milestone and we will return to the meager 12, 13, 14 million in the past. Hopefully we can focus on bringing the maximum amount of wheat, flour and flour products abroad.”
Cifarelli drew attention to this Governmentwith the statement: “You have to understand that something is not working wellBecause when you account for 10% of global wheat exports, 4% for flour and only 0.2% for flour products, then something isn’t quite working.”
Building on this, the head of FAIM gave the example Brazilwhich is “a net buyer of Argentine wheat and flour and at the same time the With our flour and wheat, we are the largest bakery exporter in the world. Obviously there is something in the equation that needs to be taken into account and I do not need the state to intervene in the markets again, quite the opposite, but to pave the way for costs that are not ours.”
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