News of grains

Crops get cheaper on Argentine currency plunge

13-12-2023 23:14 Prices for grains slid after Argentina, a major supplier, devalued its currency in a move that could encourage farmers to sell more of their crops into global markets.

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.

AGRICULTURE

Argentina’s crisis-wracked economy needs rains now to save crops

23-05-2023 09:07 Farmers in Argentina need rainfall within the next three weeks to have any chance of emerging from a disastrous drought.

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.

Bloomberg

Drought, soaring fertiliser costs push Argentine farmers to grow more soy

22-09-2022 11:13 Farmers are grappling with a third straight year of withering drought ahead of the growing season, but this year they have a new strategy to beat it: plant soybeans.