Alarm in the production yerbatera: fell more than 30% in the first trimester of the year In Corrientes and Misiones many establishments did not harvest

The production of yerba mate experienced a sharp contraction during the first quarter of 2025, with a fall of more than 30% compared to the same period of the previous year, according to data collected in the provinces of Misiones and Corrientes, the main producing areas of the country. The collapse responds to multiple factors, including the low prices paid by the green leaf, the lack of profitability and the extensive payment periods that prev…

It was a matter of time before the Yerba Mate National Institute (INYM) gave the final blow in the deregulating avalanche in which it was introduced to the sector since the end of 2023, with the assumption of Javier Milei. By Resolution 42/2025, published this Tuesday in the Official Gazette, that Institute finally dropped the norm issued in 2021 that set a limit of 5 hectares per year per producer for new Yerbabar plantations in Misiones and Co…

The production of yerba mate recorded a decline of more than 30% in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period of the previous year,...

The production of yerba mate recorded a decline of more than 30% in the first quarter (January-March) of 2025, compared to the same period of the previous year.The harvest of yerba mate reached historical minimums, and the producing areas of Corrientes and Misiones, the main provinces that produce it, presented unusual activity since the producers decided not to harvest, as a consequence of economic unviability.This happens since the current pri…

The harvest of yerba mate collapsed during the first quarter of 2025. According to preliminary data of the sector, production fell by more than 30% compared to the same period last year. The crisis hits hard in Misiones and Corrientes, the provinces that concentrate most of the crop, where the producers decided not to harvest before an unviable economic equation. The root of the conflict is clear, the price that the producers receive for the gre…

Those who practice the production of yerba mate know perfectly well that the harvest schedule is distributed in three stages: the “grey” harvest that runs from April to September, the period of “suspension” that extends between October and November, and the summer harvest or “saffron” that spans between December and March. Precisely, this “saffron” is the one that ended last month and threw a sharp drop in the amount of green leaf entering the d…