Trigo Argentino

BACKGROUND FOR THE CROP

It was a wet end of the 2017 wheat crop season, with moderate temperatures..

Only three frosts were recorded in June and July. Frost damaged the crop that was still booting.

Rainfall in August and September was 115 mm, very favorable for bacterial and fungal diseases, especially, stem fusarium (Fusarium graminearum.) Yield loss due to stem fusarium is estimated to be over 40%. Crop looked good until flowering. Fusarium was present in all varieties; however, the proportion of stems affected was different.

Some blight, bacterial infection and yellow spot symptoms were observed before flowering (Drechslera tritici repentis). At grain filling, leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) and stem rust (Puccinia graminis) affected the crop.

Grain protein content was between 9 and 12%. Test weight was low or very low, and the number of grains per square meter was between 21 and 35g.

MAP OF THE SUBREGION

RESULTS OF THE ANALYSES

WHEAT ANALYSIS		PARAMETERS	MINIMUM	MAXIMUM	AVERAGE	STANDARD DEVIATION	VARIATION COEFFICIENT
		Test Weight (kg/hl)	77,60	81,80	79,96	0,95	1,19
		Total Damaged Kernels(%)	0,18	1,82	1,00	0,41	41,10
		Foreign Material(%)	0,12	1,20	0,37	0,26	71,22
		Shrunken and Broken Kernels(%)	0,28	1,14	0,57	0,22	38,51
		Yellow Berry Kernels(%)	0,00	14,20	5,31	4,54	85,56
		Protein (13,5% Moisture)(%)	9,9	11,3	10,7	0,4	3,59
		Protein(dry basis)(%)	11,4	13,1	12,4	0,4	3,59
		Weight of 1000 Kernels(g)	28,32	40,92	32,88	2,98	9,07
		Ash (% dry basis(%)	1,688	2,027	1,837	0,099	5,40
	Total damaged kernels includes 0,12% green kernels, 0,06% frostand kernels, 0,69% kernels with fusarium and 0,12% insect chewed kernels . No damages due to carbon, calcinated kernels and burnt kernels

GRADE DISTRIBUTION

FLOUR ANALYSIS	PARAMETERS		MINIMUM	MAXIMUM	AVERAGE	STANDARD DEVIATION	VARIATION COEFFICIENT
	MILLING	Wet Gluten (%)	23,9	28,4	26,0	1,3	4,89
		Dry Gluten (%)	8,1	9,6	8,8	0,5	5,32
		Falling Number (s)	339	426	401	24	6,00
		Flour Yield (%)	47,80	71,22	66,74	6,60	9,88
		Ash (dry basis) (%)	0,495	0,715	0,619	0,053	8,62
	FARINOGRAM	Water Absorption (14%H°)(%)	54,7	61,3	57,5	1,8	3,19
		Development Time (min.)	1,7	10,3	4,3	2,9	67,29
		Stability (min.)	2,5	18,0	9,8	4,3	43,66
		Degree of Softening (12 min.)	38	78	53	11	21,51
	ALVEOGRAM
		P (mm)	60	90	71	10	13,46
		L (mm)	79	128	104	12	11,61
		W Joules x 10^-4	198	282	236	23	9,83
		P / L	0,47	1,13	0,68	0,18	26,23
	These results were elaborated with 19 composite samples prepared proportionally from 451 primary samples (farmer deliveries)

SUBREGION DATA

In this sub region the wheat production was 1.840.229 tons., the 10,0 % of the national total. Were sampled 67.430 tons., the 3,7% 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 (dry basis) (%)	WEIGT OF 1000 KERNELS (g)	ASH (dry basis) (%)
1	General Obligado	5410	2	80,40	1,16	0,20	0,54	14,20	10,9	12,6	29,96	1,817
2	9 de Julio	3180	2	80,80	1,18	0,26	0,84	8,40	11,2	12,9	28,36	1,872
3	9 de Julio	3620	2	79,30	1,70	0,20	0,30	6,30	10,9	12,6	31,48	1,941
4	9 de Julio	3880	2	79,10	0,68	0,30	0,50	6,00	11,3	13,1	29,66	1,688
5	9 de Julio	3170	2	81,80	0,18	0,26	0,28	8,20	10,4	12,0	33,86	1,774
6	San Javier	1820	2	79,00	1,00	0,24	0,56	8,50	10,8	12,5	31,64	1,754
7	Vera	2270	2	80,30	0,38	0,24	0,94	0,00	11,3	13,1	28,32	2,027
8	Castellanos	4270	3	79,30	1,22	1,20	0,62	12,20	9,9	11,4	32,60	2,002
9	Castellanos	3840	2	79,30	1,06	0,48	0,72	8,20	10,4	12,0	33,84	1,837
10	Castellanos	4040	2	77,60	0,86	0,36	0,30	8,20	10,4	12,0	30,80	1,982
11	Castellanos	3900	2	79,20	1,24	0,12	0,46	4,60	10,5	12,1	31,68	1,846
12	La Capital	2120	2	79,30	1,82	0,66	0,28	0,00	10,8	12,5	35,47	1,744
13	Las Colonias	3780	2	80,70	1,40	0,22	0,58	0,00	10,6	12,3	40,92	1,747
14	Las Colonias	4310	2	80,60	1,20	0,68	0,62	0,00	10,5	12,1	35,45	1,762
15	Las Colonias	3980	2	80,50	1,10	0,22	1,14	0,00	11,3	13,1	36,14	1,834
16	Las Colonias	4150	2	80,30	0,30	0,24	0,62	3,00	10,4	12,0	32,38	1,755
17	San Cristóbal	3080	2	81,00	0,38	0,32	0,36	4,00	10,4	12,0	32,16	2,004
18	San Justo	3770	2	80,00	0,96	0,44	0,46	2,00	11,0	12,7	35,63	1,756
19	San Justo	2840	2	80,90	1,18	0,20	0,62	0,00	10,7	12,4	33,47	1,775

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°)	D. T. (min.)	STABILITY (min.)	DEGREE SOFTENING(12 min.)	P	L	W	P/L	ASH(dry basis)(%)
1	General Obligado	23,9	8,1	377	66,74	55,0	10,3	16,2	41	67	118	263	0,57	0,605
2	9 de Julio	27,1	9,1	412	58,99	57,6	9,4	18,0	38	71	112	263	0,63	0,675
3	9 de Julio	26,2	8,7	389	63,16	56,2	8,0	13,6	49	60	116	222	0,52	0,665
4	9 de Julio	27,4	9,4	421	50,92	56,5	2,2	10,4	44	60	128	250	0,47	0,715
5	9 de Julio	24,9	8,5	407	47,80	56,9	1,9	2,6	50	76	96	253	0,79	0,675
6	San Javier	25,5	8,5	410	68,62	55,6	6,8	11,2	65	61	103	210	0,59	0,605
7	Vera	27,5	9,5	423	68,70	57,0	2,0	9,7	45	72	111	266	0,65	0,685
8	Castellanos	24,7	8,3	426	70,91	56,6	1,7	6,6	58	65	99	207	0,66	0,605
9	Castellanos	24,4	8,3	404	68,08	57,7	1,8	7,5	57	69	101	220	0,68	0,605
10	Castellanos	24,8	8,3	412	69,12	54,7	2,5	12,9	40	61	119	228	0,51	0,565
11	Castellanos	26,3	8,9	413	71,22	55,9	8,2	16,5	41	68	114	244	0,60	0,575
12	La Capital	27,2	9,1	363	70,24	58,3	6,2	8,6	74	60	111	198	0,54	0,575
13	Las Colonias	25,7	8,8	376	69,84	60,4	2,4	10,5	46	83	98	251	0,85	0,615
14	Las Colonias	25,1	8,4	418	70,04	58,8	2,0	4,1	59	85	83	238	1,02	0,595
15	Las Colonias	28,4	9,6	339	69,62	61,3	5,7	8,1	78	77	100	220	0,77	0,695
16	Las Colonias	25,3	8,6	417	69,77	57,8	2,0	2,5	47	90	91	282	0,99	0,495
17	San Cristòbal	24,7	8,2	419	69,99	56,7	2,9	10,5	47	89	79	247	1,13	0,575
18	San Justo	27,7	9,5	367	68,21	61,2	2,4	7,8	63	74	101	219	0,73	0,595
19	San Justo	26,6	8,8	418	68,37	57,7	2,7	8,1	63	66	105	207	0,63	0,635