News of agriculture

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

GMO wheat developer plunges most in two years amid setbacks

10-09-2024 16:45 Shares of Bioceres Crop Solutions SA on track for their biggest daily drop in two years as its ground-breaking genetically modified wheat seeds face setbacks.

Bioceres’ GMO wheat is safe for production, US says

28-08-2024 17:45 Biden administration has cleared the way for a type of genetically modified wheat from Argentina, a boost for agriculture technology company Bioceres Crop Solutions.

Bug plagues crops in setback for Milei’s recovery plan

17-04-2024 16:49 Argentina corn farmers had high hopes for this season’s harvest. Now a bug is getting in the way.

Indigenous Colombians fret as sacred mountain glaciers melt

28-02-2024 11:50 The inhabitants of the Sierra Nevada range in north Colombia share fears about changing climate as record heat waves melt glacial peaks and ruin crops.

Argentina's best soy crop in five years set to be boon for Milei

11-01-2024 16:59 Argentina is on course to produce its best soybean crop in five seasons – 52 million metric tones.

Argentina pushes to get out of farming time warp with better GMO seeds

05-01-2024 13:58 New government is seeking to make its decades-old rules governing patented seed technology fit for the modern era.

Election result gives soymeal traders a new factor to weigh

20-11-2023 17:58 Javier Milei, who takes office December 10, has proposed dropping the peso and dollarising Argentina's economy. Such a move could boost farmer sales of soybeans, since they’d rather be paid in US dollars than a weaker local currency.

Argentina running out of soy adds to next president’s economic woes

16-11-2023 19:05 After the worst drought in six decade, farmers are running out of the very commodity that fuels Argentina’s economy.

Argentina's economy grew in July despite recession on horizon

27-09-2023 13:02 Argentina's economy broke a four month streak of decline in July, beating estimates and growing at 2.4%.

World's largest crop trading houses tell Argentina to loosen its grip on soy

27-09-2023 12:43 Officials from three of the world's largest crop trading houses have urged Argentina to loosen government restrictions and export taxes on soy production.

Drought slashes 2022/2023 soybean production by 51.5%

04-07-2023 16:56 Impact of punishing drought on Argentina’s crops laid bare as new report reveals soybean production came in at 21 million tons – less than half of last year’s harvest.

Argentina’s political hegemony crumbles in the face of primaries

17-06-2023 06:04 In a nation accustomed to charismatic leaders that create vertical organisations, the fragmentation of the political field is creating a whole lot of stress and volatility. And savagery has taken over.

by Agustino Fontevecchia