News of agriculture

FUTURE OF MERCOSUR?

Changing Mercosur bloc meets in Brazil after US tariffs blow

05-12-2019 07:26 Focus of bloc's 55th summit – the last for President Mauricio Macri – looked set to be the arrival of Alberto Fernández in office. The Mercosur now has more immediate concerns: Donald Trump.

TRANSITION 2019

Influential agricultural leader: Macri 'wasn't what we expected'

03-12-2019 08:30 Carlos Iannizzotto, president of one of Argentina's largest agricultural cooperatives, Coninagro, reflects on how the industry fared under outgoing president Mauricio Macri – and ponders what lies ahead under Alberto Fernández.

BLOOMBERG

Blow for farmers, boon for drillers? Election's winners and losers

28-10-2019 16:47 Agricultural producers fear shit in tax rates on soybeans, wheat and beef and tighter capital controls, but Fernández will likely do his best to spur drilling in Vaca Muerta and boost mining exports.

Election 2019

Pelegrina: ‘2008 was very difficult for farmers – Fernández shouldn’t repeat the past’

25-10-2019 23:57 Ahead of Sunday’s elections, the head of the Sociedad Rural Argentina (SRA) shares his perspective on Mauricio Macri economic policy, and what lies ahead for farmers should the Peronists return to power.

AGRICULTURE

Farmers fear impact of a Peronist victory in election

24-10-2019 09:38 After a record harvest, farmers are fearful of a Peronist victory on Sunday and their subsequent policies, yet also disappointed in President Mauricio Macri and his government.

ELECTION 2019

Embattled farmers eye presidential vote with apprehension

16-10-2019 19:38 Farmers are bracing for the possible return of interventionist policies if the Peronist ticket headed by Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wins the October 27 ballot.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Austria rejects EU-Mercosur trade deal over Amazon fires

19-09-2019 09:49 Key committee in Austrian Parliament rejects draft free-trade agreement between EU and Mercosur over concerns about fires in the Amazon.

'HISTORIC AGREEMENT'

China turns to Argentine soy meal in fresh blow to US farmers

10-09-2019 22:01 Asian giant is finally allow in soy meal imports from Argentina after two decades of fruitless talks, Agriculture Ministry announces.

Agriculture

Panic sweeps the pampas with farmers’ old nemesis set for return

07-09-2019 01:36 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s shadow looms large for Argentina’s agricultural producers.

TRADE DEALS

Mercosur reaches EFTA trade deal with European countries

23-08-2019 22:13 The agreement with the European Free Trade Association formed by Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, comes two months after Mercosur sealed a landmark trade deal with the European Union.

BLOOMBERG

Trump hints at more trade aid for farmers, as China trade war drags on

06-08-2019 16:02 With Beijing and Washington at odds, Argentine farmers are capturing larger shares of soybean sales to China, the largest export market for the oilseed.

GOVERNMENT

Macri to sign decree upgrading Agroindustry Secretariat back to ministry

31-07-2019 10:10 Decision, trailed in this morning's newspapers, is expected to take place before Saturday.

FREE-TRADE DEAL

EU slams 'misinformation' about Mercosur trade deal

15-07-2019 16:23 Accord has raised alarm in some European countries that the continent will be flooded with beef and other agricultural imports, subjecting domestic farmers to unfair competition and consumers to unsafe food.

BLOOMBERG

Latin America and free trade score a win with EU-Mercosur deal

09-07-2019 15:22 Who knew that even as China and the United States played chicken with international trade, 31 nations with a tenth of world population and a fourth of its wealth would agree to abide by global rules and swap goods freely across the Atlantic?

by Mac Margolis

BLOOMBERG

Soy harvest delivers record yields for Argentina

05-07-2019 10:22 After last year's devastating drought, soybean yields in Argentina's famous pampas agricultural belt registered an average of 3.36 metric tons per hectare this season, analysts say.

DEAL OR NO DEAL?

EU tells Macri, Bolsonaro: There's still work left to do on Mercosur trade deal

07-06-2019 10:19 EU officials brush off suggestions from presidents of Argentina and Brazil that a sweeping free-trade deal with the European bloc is close to being signed.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Economic activity fell 6.8% in March year-on-year

24-05-2019 15:44 Eleventh consecutive month of decline registered, with economy activity falling 1.3% on February.

MINISTER BLAMES CFK

Agriculture Ministry sacks 543 workers in anti-bureaucracy crackdown

02-05-2018 11:02 Late last year, Congress signed off on a 10.5-percent reduction to the Agriculture portfolio’s budget, a figure Etchevehere said “was a number we need to adapt to” in 2018.

Amid drought

Vidal to farmers: “You won’t walk this path alone”

13-03-2018 10:02 The ongoing drought across Argentina’s agricultural heartland, the Pampa, could slash one percentage point off Gross Domestic Product growth in 2018, economists warn.

ACROSS THE PAMPA

Ongoing drought could slash one percentage point off GDP growth

26-02-2018 10:40 Rains are expected for the end of March. Economic activity, taxes and exports are at risk. Soy prices are rising but many say such compensation in relation to lower crop volumes will not be enough.

by Patricia Valli