Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Breaking News-RTRS-Oil World cuts Argentine 2010 soy crop forecast

HAMBURG, Nov 17 (Reuters) - German oilseeds analysts Oil World said on Tuesday it has cut its forecast of Argentina's soybean crop in early 2010 to 48 million tonnes from 50 million tonnes in its previous forecast on Nov. 3 due to dry weather.
In late October it had estimated the country's crop in early 2010 at 52 million tonnes.
But the lower forecast would still be an increase on the drought-reduced 32.0 million tonnes Argentina harvested in early 2009.
Dry weather continues to cause serious concern about Argentina's crop in early 2010, it said.