News of agriculture

Shift to protectionism riles Argentina’s farmers

09-01-2021 07:47 Farm associations call for three-day halt on trading after government slaps ban on maize exports.

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.

Night-time raiders are destroying US$100,000 soy bags

20-11-2020 13:17 Packed tight with freshly harvested soybeans, the silobags that dot the Pampas at this time of year are worth a hefty sum. They're also a target for vandals – and farmers have had enough.

Environmentalists, markets eye Argentina’s transgenic wheat askance

27-10-2020 14:33 Argentina became the first country to approve the growth and consumption of genetically modified drought-tolerant wheat earlier this month. Markets, healthcare professionals and environmental activists express concerns.

Drought and frosts threaten Argentina’s record wheat crop

21-08-2020 15:20 A drought coupled with bouts of frost may curb wheat output across swathes of Argentina, the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange said in a report.

Fernández says he won't expropriate soy trader Vicentin in U-turn

01-08-2020 08:13 The government won’t risk taking on Vicentin’s private debt and making Argentines responsible for its management’s “irresponsible” decision-making, President Alberto Fernández said on Twitter, criticising the judge overseeing bankruptcy proceedings.

Brazil, Argentina issue warnings as locust swarm crosses region

26-06-2020 00:16 Both the Argentine and Brazilian governments issue warnings as locust swam crosses border region.

Vicentin tensions rise amid protests, Fernández backlash

22-06-2020 08:42 Thousands of Argentines in Santa Fe Province, where Vicentin is headquartered, and other cities, expressed anger at the expropriation plan on Saturday, as President Alberto Fernández insisted on nationalising the company.

Traders size up the making of a state soybean giant in Argentina

09-06-2020 17:48 Inside the crop-trading houses of Rosario, fears grow that Vicentin will be afforded unfair advantages over rivals or distort the market by overpaying farmers.

Government says it will nationalise bankrupt agro-export giant Vicentin

08-06-2020 23:50 Peronist leader says Argentina will “come to the rescue of Vicentin,’ in a bid to save 2,600 workers from losing their jobs. Critics charge that the move on the agricultural powerhouse, which filed for bankruptcy last year, is ideological.

Virus hobbles Argentina's biggest soy exporters – with harvest nearing

24-03-2020 10:59 The world’s biggest exporters of soybean meal and oil are fending off a slew of logistical hurdles as they rush to get ready for the impending harvest in Argentina.

Government officially ramps up taxes on soybean exports

05-03-2020 17:28 Argentina, world’s biggest exporter of the soy products and tariffs, hikes duties from 30% to 33%.

Default rocks the Argentine brokers who sell soy to the world

21-02-2020 12:23 Soy giant Vicentin files for bankruptcy, posing a threat to the Argentine soy industry.

Soybean mogul negotiating to buy Tejar’s Brazil unit

19-02-2020 08:42 Amaggi, Brazilian soybean group owned by entrepreneur-turned-politician Blairo Maggi, in advanced talks to buy the local unit of Argentina’s El Tejar, according to reports.

'With this decision, Mendoza has regressed 12 years,' says co-author of Law 7722

24-12-2019 09:51 Lawyer and Cambia Mendoza provincial deputy Jorge Difonso on why protesters in Mendoza are taking to the streets in rejection of alterations made to legislation which restricted the use of dangerous chemicals in mining operations.

by Isabelle Margulies

First protest against new government, sparked by recovery package

19-12-2019 12:32 Pro-Macri demonstrators protest against pension freezes and tax hikes on exports and foreign expenditures.

Influential agricultural leader: Macri 'wasn't what we expected'

03-12-2019 08:30 Carlos Iannizzotto, president of one of Argentina's largest agricultural cooperatives, Coninagro, reflects on how the industry fared under outgoing president Mauricio Macri – and ponders what lies ahead under Alberto Fernández.

Blow for farmers, boon for drillers? Election's winners and losers

28-10-2019 16:47 Agricultural producers fear shit in tax rates on soybeans, wheat and beef and tighter capital controls, but Fernández will likely do his best to spur drilling in Vaca Muerta and boost mining exports.

Austria rejects EU-Mercosur trade deal over Amazon fires

19-09-2019 09:49 Key committee in Austrian Parliament rejects draft free-trade agreement between EU and Mercosur over concerns about fires in the Amazon.

China turns to Argentine soy meal in fresh blow to US farmers

10-09-2019 22:01 Asian giant is finally allow in soy meal imports from Argentina after two decades of fruitless talks, Agriculture Ministry announces.