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.
BLOOMBERG Dollar-strapped Argentina eyes help from record grain exports 24-11-2021 17:17 Argentina's bumper wheat and barley crops and high prices are on track to give the government some breathing room with the peso.
BLOOMBERG Priciest food since 1970s is a big challenge for governments 15-09-2021 10:41 Governments across the world know that rising food costs can come with a political price. The dilemma is whether they can do enough to prevent having to pay it.
Bloomberg Water crisis threatens grain, iron transport on key Brazil river 29-07-2021 16:12 Brazil issued a provisional measure to authorise exceptional and temporary efforts to optimize the use of hydro-energy resources and secure energy supply as country faces one of its worst water crisis.
AGRICULTURE Export cap reversal rounds off chaotic week of agro tensions 16-01-2021 08:31 Government responds to three-day strike action with concessions to agricultural producers, removing corn-export block, then cap, before finally agreeing to ‘monitor supplies’ jointly.
AGRO TENSIONS Amid tension, Farming groups call three-day halt to grain trading 09-01-2021 07:37 Three-day stoppage next week called by three of four main agricultural groups to protest suspension of maize exports.
EXPROPRIATION OF VICENTIN Setback for government as Vicentin executives reinstated by judge 20-06-2020 10:37 Judge in Santa Fe Province reinstates ousted executives and says government officials should only perform a supervisory role in bid to leave bankruptcy behind.
EXPROPRIATION OF VICENTIN Vicentin’s expropriation and how to break bad news 20-06-2020 09:26 A Peronist expropriation, and maybe even nationalisation, sounds like the best way to burn a lot of money straight into inefficient bureaucracy and corruption. by Agustino Fontevecchia
Bloomberg Farmers shun government's solution to debt conundrum 16-06-2020 22:28 Agriculture sector lobbying against the government’s proposal to sweeten an offer on its overseas debt restructuring with payments tied to sector's exports.
BLOOMBERG Government mulls export sweetener to bridge gap with creditors 09-06-2020 18:13 Officials may offer warrants linked to agricultural exports to close the gap with top creditors in debt restructuring talks and the idea is gathering support among bondholders, Bloomberg reports.