Paraguay is on track to record a soybean harvest of 10.4 million tons, despite significant transportation challenges. The country, ranked as the third-largest soybean exporter globally, grapples with low river levels on the Paraguay-Paraná waterway. This essential route for moving goods has suffered due to a drought in central-west Brazil, impacting water levels downstream and […]
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