Entre Rios Province
Between rivers: 60% of national rice, 37% chicken, 25% eggs, 4.5M cattle. Blueberry early harvest advantage. Soy yields exceeding expectations. By 2026: testing if diversity provides stability.
Entre Ríos Province—"Between Rivers"—occupies the geographic position between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers that explains both its name and agricultural advantage. The sixth-largest provincial economy in Argentina produces 60% of national rice output, contributes 37% of chicken and 25% of eggs, maintains 4.5 million cattle, and generates 250,000 tonnes of dairy products annually. Agriculture's 15% of output exceeds the national median.
Soybean yields in 2024 exceeded expectations—3,300 kg/ha average—contributing to national crush projection of 42.4 million metric tons (37% increase from 2023). Entre Ríos's position in the crushing supply chain reinforces Argentina's world-leading soybean meal and oil exports.
Blueberry production represents niche specialization: early harvest season plus strategic river port access position Entre Ríos for export timing that higher-latitude producers cannot match. 3,200 tons shipped by air to various markets demonstrates the premium logistics required for perishable fruit.
Rice expansion continues: 8.4% planting area increase for 2024/25 reached the highest level since 2014/15. Yet producer dissatisfaction with 'rice road' maintenance reveals infrastructure constraints that extraction cannot solve—productive capacity outpacing logistics.
Citrus—Argentina's second-largest producer—exports 16% of production to Europe, diversifying beyond grain monoculture.
By 2026, Entre Ríos tests whether agricultural diversity provides economic stability, or whether dependence on commodity exports leaves the province vulnerable to the same price volatility affecting Pampas grain producers.