News of agriculture

Is Argentina’s soy boom over?

17-07-2021 10:44 Driven by incentives and environmental concerns, farmers are choosing maize and wheat over what used to be Argentina’s star grain crop.

by Jorgelina Hiba, Diálogo Chino

Kulfas: Suspension on beef exports could be lifted next week

19-06-2021 09:36 Productive Development Ministry hints deal with meatpackers that would allow re-opening exports could be announced soon, in conjunction with cattle-breeding plan to boost production.

Cattle farmers extend strike action amid beef exports row

29-05-2021 10:58 Cattle farmers have extended their suspension of cow sales to abattoirs until this Wednesday, continuing their protest against a government-imposed pause on exports, designed to moderate skyrocketing domestic meat prices.

Bolivian wine-growers banking on 'distinctive' altitude flavor

10-05-2021 12:01 While Bolivia's wine production is dwarfed compared to that of Argentina or Chile, producers are paving the way for a high-quality market of wines grown at high altitude, creating unique wines with "an interesting concentration of aromas".

Jujuy governor encourages tobacco producers to switch to cannabis

12-04-2021 09:00 Jujuy Province Governor Gerardo Morales has suggested that tobacco farmers begin growing cannabis instead, potentially opening up a multi-million-dollar market – but the province's tobacco chamber isn't fully on board.

Crop U-turn peeves importers, lays bare Argentina's infighting

15-01-2021 17:01 Argentina’s chaotic reversal on corn exports could hurt its standing among the world’s top grain suppliers as buyers get exposed to the unpredictability of government feuding.

Corn up to US$5 a bushel and soybeans spike

06-01-2021 14:50 Maize climbed to US$5 a bushel and soybeans rallied for a sixth day, driving both crops to fresh six-year highs, as farmer protests and dry weather pose threat to supplies.

Argentina becomes first country to approve genetically modified wheat

08-10-2020 19:42 Argentina, the fourth largest wheat exporter in the world, has become the first country in the world to approve the commercialisation of a variety of transgenic wheat.

G20 carbon 'food-print' highest in meat-loving nations, says report

15-07-2020 23:28 Argentina tops the list of G20 nations with a diet exceeding climate thresholds nearly five-fold, followed by Canada, Brazil, the United States, Russia and Australia, says new report comparing carbon emissions from food consumption.

Vicentin’s forerunners: Probing Argentina’s recent history of nationalisations

13-06-2020 08:43 Expropriation of Vicentin agri-business firm would be the eight major nationalisation since Néstor Kirchner took office.