News of corn

Brazil may surpass United States as world's number one corn exporter

21-04-2023 09:32 Brazilian corn production should set a new record in 2023, allowing the country to become the world's leading exporter of maize, ahead of the United States.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Argentina's maize and soybean harvest forecast trimmed again

11-04-2023 18:12 Argentina's soybean and corn production will be lower than previously thought due to drought, predicts US government, as it lowers forecasts for soybean crop to 27 million tons and maize to 37 million tons.

ECONOMY & AGRICULTURE

Historic drought adds to Argentina’s economic woes

06-04-2023 15:26 Argentina's worst drought in almost 100 years is decimating critical soy, wheat and corn production, damaging the income of farmers, producers – and the government.

Messi's "Corniest" Fan

Corn farm in Córdoba gets its own Messi 'tattoo'

20-01-2023 11:19 The size of almost four football fields, one corn farm in Ballesteros, Ballesteros, has made its own Messi "tattoo" on its crops.

BLOOMBERG

South America rain offers hope for relief in world food prices

15-11-2022 21:28 Rain finally fell in Argentina over the weekend and soy farmers started revving up tractors to make up for lost planting time.

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.

STRIKE CAUSES CHAOS

Haulage strike that paralysed farming exports lifted

15-04-2022 00:37 Four-day strike by Argentine grain transporters, demanding higher freight rates in the face of rising diesel prices due to war in Ukraine, had paralysed local farming exports.

AGRICULTURE

Diesel shortages wreak havoc as top soy exporter starts harvest

07-04-2022 21:31 Argentina is grappling with shortages of diesel fuel that powers tractors and trucks just as the soybean and corn harvests pick up.

AGRICULTURE

Drought could trim a third of Argentina’s economic growth this year

18-01-2022 15:47 Dryness that’s parching soybeans and corn across Argentina’s Pampas crop belt will shave US$4.8 billion off the nation’s gross domestic product this year, according to one of the first analyses of the economic impact of the drought.

ECONOMY

BitCow: Cryptocurrencies break into Argentina’s agricultural sector

26-12-2021 08:00 Blockchain technology and tokenisation of assets such as cows and soybeans could provide Argentina’s agricultural sector with greater transparency and traceability

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.

AGRICULTURE

Government says maize exports are 'open,' despite new rules

14-10-2021 12:41 Farmers oppose imposition of new registration requirements for maize exports; Record 60.5 million tones forecast for 2020-2021 harvest.

AGRICULTURE & ENVIRONMENT

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