News of agriculture

KKR consortium warns White House of ‘bias’ in US$10bn Argentina auction

19-05-2026 21:30 A consortium of dredging companies backed by KKR & Co complains to Trump administration, alleging in unfair conditions in bidding process for pivotal contract in Argentina.

Agriculture

Argentina soyoil trades at decade low to US on harvest, biofuels

08-05-2026 18:12 Argentine farmers are collecting a bumper soybean crop forecast to be 48.6 million metric tons, according to the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange.

Agricultural exports

Argentina fights to save huge soy exports after Dutch rejections

06-05-2026 16:11 Recent rejections of Argentine soy meal cargoes by the Netherlands creates complications; Testing detected drought-resistant HB4 strain, which lacks authorisation in EU.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Netherlands rejects Argentina soy meal cargoes over GMO issue

28-04-2026 11:16 Netherlands has rejected at least two Argentinian soybean meal cargoes this month after non-approved genetically modified material was found.

LABOUR OF LOVE

Giant guitar of trees serves as tribute to eternal love

16-04-2026 10:55 In the middle of the pampas, near General Levalle in the south of Córdoba Province, lies a giant guitar of trees. A labour of love created by the late Pedro Martín Ureta in memory of his departed wife, Graciela Yraizoz, the Estancia La Guitarra de Árboles began to take shape in 1979 can only truly be experienced from the air.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Cofco books first Argentina corn cargo to China in over 15 tears

01-04-2026 16:54 Deal comes after China cleared Argentine corn imports in 2024; China also booked a rare cargo of Argentine wheat last year, the first shipment in decades.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU-Mercosur deal: How Europe and Brazil differ on pesticides

15-01-2026 09:48 Sweeping free-trade agreement, set to be signed on Saturday, reignites debate over pesticides banned for European farmers but widely used in Latin America.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU nations back Mercosur trade deal over French opposition

09-01-2026 09:41 Majority of European Union countries back trade deal with regional Mercosur bloc, paving the way for trade deal's signing in Paraguay next week.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU-Mercosur deal wins approval after overcoming French opposition

09-01-2026 09:37 Majority of the European Union's 27 nations backed the pact at an ambassadors' meeting in Brussels.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Top banks bet on farming boom with Milei cutting taxes

12-12-2025 19:34 Two major banks in Argentina are seeking to open up more credit for farmers as President Javier Milei cuts export tariffs for growers.

AGRICULTURE

Argentina trims export duties for agricultural products

09-12-2025 14:28 Economy Minister Luis Caputo announces “permanent reduction” in export duties for soybeans, maize, wheat and other crops, including derivatives.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Milei cuts export taxes on Argentine soy, corn and wheat

09-12-2025 14:15 President Javier Milei’s government has reduced export duties on soybeans, corn and wheat.

AGRICULTURE

Biggest Argentina wheat crop on record drives logistics frenzy

05-12-2025 15:41 Wheat production is seen at 25.5 million metric tons – easily the most for a harvest since the start of the century.

AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK

US unveils plan to bolster beef output, raises Argentine quota

22-10-2025 23:25 Trump administration, seeking to ease a surge in beef prices, is raising the tariff-rate quota for Argentine beef fourfold to 80,000 metric tons a year.

AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK

Trump Argentina beef plan risks rancher ire, little price relief

20-10-2025 17:29 Donald Trump vowed to boost beef imports from Argentina, but this may bring little relief to consumers – and risk angering US ranchers.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

La Niña forecast raises early alarm bells for Milei’s Argentina

09-10-2025 15:24 Alarm bells are ringing in Argentina, where La Niña can cause heat waves and droughts that affect the country's main soybean and corn crops.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Milei’s 48-hour tariff pause spurs record surge in crop exports

03-10-2025 11:50 Milei’s gambit to boost the supply of dollars on the foreign-exchange market quickly attracted about US$7 billion in scheduled shipments as exporters seized the moment.

AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK

Argentina re-establishes grain export duties as farmers cry foul

26-09-2025 08:59 Government ends suspension of export duties after US$7-billion target is met; Meat and poultry to remain exempt; Reports say just 12 producers, mostly large agro-exporting, benefitted.

ECONOMY

Milei’s Treasury set to snap up large dollar sales

25-09-2025 19:22 Argentina’s Treasury is moving to scoop up large amounts of foreign currency in block trades just as US$7 billion from grain exports enters the market.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Milei’s tax cut on crops quickly lures US$7 billion

25-09-2025 08:52 Agro exporters rush to take advantage of temporary drop in export duties; Experts call on government to boost Central Bank reserves.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

China buys more Argentine soybeans as tax relief spurs trade

24-09-2025 09:48 China books at least 10 more cargoes of Argentine soybeans, taking advantage of a temporary break in export duties for local producers.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Milei dangles big tax break for exporters in stealth devaluation

22-09-2025 14:07 Export tariffs temporarily scrapped on all of crop cargoes in a bid to bring dollars into the country.

ANALYSIS

Vaca Muerta overtakes agriculture – and it will finance Argentina’s future

20-09-2025 06:21 The political weight of the oil industry is surging. With a record energy export surplus and rising, the Vaca Muerta formation is shaping up to be the country’s main source of foreign currency. Businessmen, governors and lawmakers all agree that shale deposits will be a major factor in economic stability, with investments and projects transforming the map.

by Carlos Burgueño

AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK

Distressed trader’s soy can feed pigs in Argentina, suitor says

17-09-2025 08:18 Grains brokerage Grassi SA, a key suitor for the assets of Vicentin SAIC, once Argentina’s top exporter of soy meal, eyes new business model for distressed trader.

Corporate defaults

Milei’s FX reforms spur worst corporate default wave since 2020

12-08-2025 15:21 Javier Milei’s reforms are fuelling the worst streak of corporate defaults since the pandemic.

Agriculture

Trump urges China to quadruple US soy buying, lifting prices

11-08-2025 08:52 Donald Trump says he hopes China will massively step up its purchases of US soybeans.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

Rush of farm dollars fails to lift peso ahead of vote

10-07-2025 09:37 Three months after President Javier Milei lifted Argentina’s currency controls, early investor optimism has given way to growing caution

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Crop traders rush to secure Argentine cargoes as Milei perk ends

27-06-2025 14:03 Agriculture traders rush to get crop shipments on the books before government's tariff relief expires next week.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

China imports Argentina soy meal in trial amid US tensions

26-06-2025 17:45 China has booked a rare shipment of soybean meal from Argentina amid an ongoing trade war with the United States.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Milei stumbles in bid to unchain farmers as soy tax break ends

21-05-2025 13:35 Economy Minister Luis Caputo announces that tax cut for exports of soy and corn will end as planned.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

China is said seeking Argentina crops as it skirts US tariffs

09-05-2025 08:31 China signed a letter of intent with exporters in Argentina to buy about US$900 million of soybeans, corn and vegetable oil.

AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK

From meat to grains, trade war is a boon to Brazil and Argentina

22-04-2025 14:38 Escalating tensions between the United States and China have created an opening for Brazil and Argentina to ramp up exports.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Milei tells farmers to sell soy now as peso slides 12%

14-04-2025 19:08 Farmers are starting to harvest their soy crop, worth billions of dollars in export revenues that Milei desperately needs at the Central Bank. But, so far, they have traded it at a crawl.

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

Milei needs rush of soy dollars to calm peso sell-off in Argentina

09-04-2025 17:42 Like his predecessors, President Javier Milei is depending on the soy harvest to manage one of the word’s most volatile currencies.

AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK

Argentina allows live cattle exports as Milei scraps 1973 policy

26-02-2025 22:54 President Javier Milei Milei issues executive order striking down a policy dating to 1973 that prohibits Argentina from shipping its cows to abattoirs overseas.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Hidden by crypto

22-02-2025 06:59 The Once train crash was technically a railway accident far more frequently dubbed a tragedy and a crime in not a few eyes – few transport disasters have been so heavily politicised even if two previous rail accidents had claimed more lives.

by Michael Soltys

AGRICULTURE

Milei’s plan to boost farm exports: stop ships from running aground

12-02-2025 11:41 Argentina’s government is moving to give the neglected Paraná waterway its first major upgrade in nearly two decades. But time is running out for the fixes to be made.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Soy falls as US-China talks loom, weather improves in Argentina

05-02-2025 15:23 Soybean prices fall on worries that US-China trade tensions and bearish weather in Argentina.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Argentina slashes export taxes to rescue drought-hit farmers

23-01-2025 23:25 Argentina slashes taxes on major crops, assisting farmers wrestling with a drought and low global prices.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Government temporarily reduces export duties in boost for farmers

23-01-2025 23:19 Economy Minister Luis Caputo confirms that Argentina will temporarily lower export duties.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Rainfall falters for Argentina’s baked soybean and corn farms

20-01-2025 14:57 Rains that were forecast to fall on farmland over the weekend largely failed to materialise, leaving the region continuing to suffer from dryness.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Distressed fund wins key role in bankruptcy case of soy exporter Vicentin

19-12-2024 15:03 Esteban Nofal, who runs Cima Investments SA, has swept up almost 35% of Vicentin’s US$1.3 billion of unsecured debt from a group of global banks for just 11 cents on the dollar.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Argentina seeks its first wheat shipments to China in decades

30-11-2024 09:14 Argentina wheat traders are seeking to close their first significant sales to China since the 1990s, according to the head of the country’s top crop-exporting group.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Argentina moves to deepen soy waterway to ship bigger cargoes

20-11-2024 10:56 Argentina publishes terms of long-awaited tender for contractors to dredge waterway that ships billions of dollars of crops a year to global markets.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Blocking and Bargaining: France and farmers fight EU-Mercosur trade deal

13-11-2024 15:35 The EU-Mercosur trade deal, which would create the world’s largest free trade zone, is nearing potential ratification after 25 years of negotiation, despite fierce opposition from France and European farmers.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

France: EU-Mercosur deal will not be signed at G20 in Brazil

11-11-2024 14:06 France says the EU-Mercosur free-trade deal “will not be signed” at next week’s G20 Leaders Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Delayed, stalled... but is EU-Mercosur free-trade deal imminent?

30-10-2024 19:58 Rumours are growing that the long-stalled, much-awaited free-trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur could be announced before the end of the year, perhaps even at next month's G20 summit in Brazil.

CENTRAL BANK MANOUEVRES

Milei taps unseasonal source in search of dollars

30-10-2024 10:06 Faced by a shortage of foreign reserves, the Central Bank is turning to an unusual source of funding for this time of year: a risky trade by crop exporters.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

French minister talks down rumours of imminent EU-Mercosur trade agreement

25-10-2024 21:03 French Minister for Foreign Trade Sophie Primas has revealed to AFP the possibility of an agreement in the coming weeks

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Macron says free-trade deal with Mercosur is unfair for local farmers

02-10-2024 16:48 French President Emmanuel Macron again criticises Mercosur-European Union free-trade deal with, saying accord would put European companies and agricultural workers at a disadvantage.

News of agriculture

KKR consortium warns White House of ‘bias’ in US$10bn Argentina auction

Argentina soyoil trades at decade low to US on harvest, biofuels

Argentina fights to save huge soy exports after Dutch rejections

Netherlands rejects Argentina soy meal cargoes over GMO issue

Giant guitar of trees serves as tribute to eternal love

Cofco books first Argentina corn cargo to China in over 15 tears

EU-Mercosur deal: How Europe and Brazil differ on pesticides

EU nations back Mercosur trade deal over French opposition

EU-Mercosur deal wins approval after overcoming French opposition

Top banks bet on farming boom with Milei cutting taxes

Argentina trims export duties for agricultural products

Milei cuts export taxes on Argentine soy, corn and wheat

Biggest Argentina wheat crop on record drives logistics frenzy

US unveils plan to bolster beef output, raises Argentine quota

Trump Argentina beef plan risks rancher ire, little price relief

La Niña forecast raises early alarm bells for Milei’s Argentina

Milei’s 48-hour tariff pause spurs record surge in crop exports

Argentina re-establishes grain export duties as farmers cry foul

Milei’s Treasury set to snap up large dollar sales

Milei’s tax cut on crops quickly lures US$7 billion

China buys more Argentine soybeans as tax relief spurs trade

Milei dangles big tax break for exporters in stealth devaluation

Vaca Muerta overtakes agriculture – and it will finance Argentina’s future

Distressed trader’s soy can feed pigs in Argentina, suitor says

Milei’s FX reforms spur worst corporate default wave since 2020

Trump urges China to quadruple US soy buying, lifting prices

Rush of farm dollars fails to lift peso ahead of vote

Crop traders rush to secure Argentine cargoes as Milei perk ends

China imports Argentina soy meal in trial amid US tensions

Milei stumbles in bid to unchain farmers as soy tax break ends

China is said seeking Argentina crops as it skirts US tariffs

From meat to grains, trade war is a boon to Brazil and Argentina

Milei tells farmers to sell soy now as peso slides 12%

Milei needs rush of soy dollars to calm peso sell-off in Argentina

Argentina allows live cattle exports as Milei scraps 1973 policy

Hidden by crypto

Milei’s plan to boost farm exports: stop ships from running aground

Soy falls as US-China talks loom, weather improves in Argentina

Argentina slashes export taxes to rescue drought-hit farmers

Government temporarily reduces export duties in boost for farmers

Rainfall falters for Argentina’s baked soybean and corn farms

Distressed fund wins key role in bankruptcy case of soy exporter Vicentin

Argentina seeks its first wheat shipments to China in decades

Argentina moves to deepen soy waterway to ship bigger cargoes

Blocking and Bargaining: France and farmers fight EU-Mercosur trade deal

France: EU-Mercosur deal will not be signed at G20 in Brazil

Delayed, stalled... but is EU-Mercosur free-trade deal imminent?

Milei taps unseasonal source in search of dollars

French minister talks down rumours of imminent EU-Mercosur trade agreement

Macron says free-trade deal with Mercosur is unfair for local farmers

Ambassador Eyal Sela hails ‘best moment’ in Israeli-Argentine bilateral relations

Argentina’s surge in foreign reserves risks reigniting inflation

Embattled Bolivia leader Rodrigo Paz promises 'to listen' to protesters

Economic activity rebounds: March data shows 3.5% jump

Argentina’s economy picked up much more than expected in March

Filtran supuestos audios íntimos de Javier Milei y se abre una investigación judicial por riesgo a la seguridad presidencial

Crisis en la seguridad privada: advirtieron sobre la “uberización” del sector y el riesgo de miles de puestos de trabajo

Renunció un funcionario del Ministerio de Seguridad cercano a Patricia Bullrich: se va a trabajar con Maximiliano Pullaro

Rosmery Maturana defendió a Milei: "No hay nada de malo en los audios, era una conversación de confidentes”

Masivo apagón en CABA por el incendio de una subestación de Edesur: en la madrugada hubo casi 100.000 afectados