ELECTION 2023 Fed-up farmers lean towards outsider Milei 14-11-2023 15:38 The countryside, one of the prime engines of Argentina’s economy, is arriving to the presidential run-off full of uncertainty.
Election 2023: the rural vote On the pampas, farmers are all in on Milei 10-11-2023 13:06 Argentina's agriculture industry — which accounts for 20% of gross domestic product — portrays the coming election as existential. And the preference of many rural producers is Javier Milei.
EXCHANGE RATE SCHEME Governors push back on criticism of Massa’s ‘dolár agro’ scheme 06-04-2023 19:27 New plan offers a rate of 300 pesos per greenback for agro-industrial exports; Governors push back from criticism from agricultural producers.
POLITICS & ECONOMY Mixed reaction as Massa looks to boost reserves with ‘dolár agro’ rate 06-04-2023 01:09 Economy minister unveils Programa de Incremento Exportador, otherwise known as a third incarnation of the ‘soy dollar’ scheme; New plan will offer a rate of 300 pesos per greenback for agro-industrial exports and introduce automatic benefits for producers affected by drought.
DOLAR AGRO Argentina rolls out special exchange rate to prop up reserves 05-04-2023 19:16 Argentina will once again introduce a temporary exchange rate for soybean exports and other products in an elaborate attempt to shore up dwindling Central Bank reserves amid a devastating drought.
Agriculture Argentina soy crop forecast slashed to smallest on record 20-03-2023 10:51 Buenos Aires Grain Exchange slashes soy crop forecast to 25 million metric tons, potentially the smallest harvest since it began keeping records in 2001.
Agriculture Report: Drought to slash Argentina’s exports by US$20 billion 06-03-2023 13:50 Technical report by the CREA agricultural group projects soy harvest will fall 38% from last season, with maize down 30% and wheat down 37%.
AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY Argentine meat-packing heir wants to embed crops with animal DNA 24-01-2023 12:57 Newly listed Moolec Science SA is inserting pork and beef genes into soybeans and peas to create hybrid proteins that are both plant- and animal-based.
AGRICULTURE Drought-busting rains come too late to salvage Argentina's soy 17-01-2023 16:31 Rains heralding the end of the devastating La Niña drought may come too late to prevent Argentina's soybean crop from withering.
Devastating Drought Satellites suggest Argentina’s soy crop will be lowest since 2018 12-01-2023 15:57 Extreme drought is devastating soybean crops in Argentina and could result in the smallest harvest in more than a decade.
PRODUCTION Economists and businesses see a dollar drought on the horizon 03-11-2022 00:34 Private sector fears government's economic team will tighten restrictions on access to hard currency for purchase of inputs, creating a dollar desert drought until March.
BLOOMBERG Argentina asked crop exporters to bring US$1 billion next week 12-08-2022 14:34 Government asks top crop export and processing firms to make sales equivalent to US$1 billion over the next week as it seeks to bolster Central Bank reserves.
AGRICULTURE Argentina set for worst wheat harvest in 12 years 09-06-2022 16:03 Experts in Rosario trim outlook for 2022-2023 wheat harvest to 18 million tons.
AGRICULTURE Russia's invasion of Ukraine sets off Latin American fertiliser race 20-05-2022 00:06 Russia's invasion of Ukraine, both fertiliser suppliers to Latin America, opens a race across the region.
ARGENTINA ABLAZE Fires ravage Iberá wetlands, causing incalculable damage 25-02-2022 22:48 Raging fires in Corrientes are ravaging the Esteros del Iberá and its native forests, threatening an area of great biodiversity that shelters numerous species threatened with extinction.
ARGENTINA ABLAZE Wildfires in Corrientes spread to engulf key cattle farming region 23-02-2022 15:10 Blazes are tearing through the northeast of the country, consuming more land than a typical California wildfire season and threatening a key cattle farming region in this major beef exporter.
AGRICULTURE Argentine biotech pushes for soy strain spurned by top buyer China 10-02-2022 20:57 Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp wants the government to approve large-scale production of its drought-tolerant soybeans even if China won’t give the green light.
BLOOMBERG Argentina takes axe to soy forecast, outpacing USDA's reduction 13-01-2022 15:59 Argentina’s key agriculture areas have been hit by intense and prolonged heat, coupled with little or no rain.
AGRICULTURE Argentina limits grain exports in fight against food inflation 18-12-2021 07:40 Argentina is putting a ceiling on exports of corn and wheat in a fresh bid by the Peronist government to quell food inflation at home.