translated from Spanish: AARFS, AC Newsletter

Taking into account the prevention measures recommended by the Ministry of Health, the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Assembly of Partners of the AARFS Agricultural Insurance Fund will be held, which will be held within the facilities of the Venancio Hernández Auditorium on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 11:00 hours. This event will present the financial statements for fiscal year 2020 and the admission report of new partners.
We continue to invite all farmers to approach AARFS AC to participate in our maize marketing program for this fall-winter 2020-2021 cycle, with a current price of up to 5,000 pesos per tonne, and payment in 7 days. For more information call (668) 812-3349 in our marketing area, 88 years of experience, supporting this agricultural body as the fastest and safest option for marketing your corn.
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This week the first wheat threshing began in the Carrizo Valley for which there is an expectation of favorable yields and production, we must be very aware of the price since the cold and dry climate in Europe, the USA and Canada could cause lower yields, so the market has reacted by boosting the price upwards. As for the future July/21 closed the week at 240.67 dollars per tonne, which if we take into account bases of 27 USD, results in a price of $5,332 MXN per tonne.
ECOAGRO Guamúchil will hold from April 21 to 24 its XVII International Annual Workshop on Organic Agriculture with face-to-face exhibitors with various sustainable topics such as: Development of biophabricas with input components to achieve the nutritional balance of soil, plants and microbial increase; Importance of nutritional microelements in plants; Structured water and the use of Big Data; and Production of worm leachates. This workshop is aimed at field technicians, farmers, students who want to implement sustainable production alternatives. For more information please contact phones (673) 738-0706, 106-1373 and/or email ecoagro_guamuchil@hotmail.com.
The international price of maize continues with its upward trend, again, contracts that refer to the production of the 2021/22 cycle achieved new highs in the week, slow planting progress in the US, cold weather and lack of moisture in the corn belt, uncertainty over the production of Brazil’s second harvest (Safrinha) along with inventories at very low levels have supported the market. The July/21 contract closed the week at a price of $225.88 per tonne, which if we take into account the new bases of 38 USD, and a FIX exchange rate of $19.92 results in a price of $5,256 MXN per tonne
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The recent update of CONAGUA’s Mexico Drought Monitor indicates that 84% of the national territory has a drought situation. According to the latest bean market report prepared by the Agricultural Markets Advisory Group (GCMA), 4 of the top 5 temporary bean-producing states in the spring-summer cycle are in severe to extreme drought conditions, so there could be an uptick in prices in the coming weeks. The price of Azufrado Higuera de Sinaloa bean registers at the Guadalajara and DF-Iztapalapa stocks prices at levels of 30 and 37 pesos per kilogram, respectively.



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