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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina’s Parana River, the grains superhighway that takes soy and corn from the Pampas farm belt to the world, has gotten so shallow that it has started “trimming” international shipments just as the country’s export season gets underway.
FILE PHOTO: An overview of the port of Rosario, Argentina, on the shore of the Parana river is seen on January 16, 2016. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci//File Photo
The level of the Parana at the export hub of Rosario, home to some of the biggest soy crushing plants in the world, was a scant 0.92 meters on Tuesday, according to the Coast Guard.