Bolivia

In August, wheat, the main cycle of sorghum and the minor cycle of maize normally finish the harvest stage. Main areas cultivated are concentrated in the main grain producing department of Santa Cruz, where rainfall were normal to above normal in the past months and vegetation conditions seem good. Nonetheless, the country is the hardest hit in the region by the increase in price of fuel, with more than 87% increase in the price of gasoline and 165% in the price of diesel compared to the year before mostly due to the end of the 15-year U.S. dollar peg in July (Reuters). According to the Copernicus C3S Multimodel, there is a high probability of wetter than normal conditions persisting through September but becoming drier than normal in the following months in the central and western part of the country.