Browse Data and Analysis

For marketing year (MY) 2022/23 Post projects continued expansion of soybean planted acreage to 1.225 million hectares (HA) and production of 2.8 million metric tons (MMT).

In marketing year (MY) 2022/2023 Post forecasts Uruguay to increase its wheat area somewhat, but production and exports would be marginally lower than in the past two marketing years due lower expected yield.

Uruguayan beef exports for marketing year (MY) 2020 are projected at 454,000 tons carcass weight (cwe), marginally lower than in 2019, as large calf exports from 2016-2018....

All imported animal products intended for human consumption, excluding dairy products, must be registered with Uruguay’s Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries.

Uruguayan wheat production in marketing year (MY) 2019/20 is forecast up at 825,000 tons. A very good wheat season in MY 2018/19 is expected to encourage a larger planted acreage.

Post forecasts 2019/20 soybean production to fall by 11 percent to 2.4 million tons based on a reduced planting area and average yields.