News of corn

Government to hike duties on soy products, but not corn or wheat

03-03-2020 12:19 Higher rate on soy would be President Fernández’s second farm-tax hike since he took office in December, in a reversal of the agriculture-friendly bias of the previous administration.

Bloomberg

Argentina set to hit farmers with more taxes to fix budget woes

27-02-2020 12:32 President Alberto Fernández plans to raise export levies on soybeans. The taxes will rise to 33% from the current rate of 30%, according to Bloomberg.

NEW MEASURES

Government raises export taxes to fund new spending

16-12-2019 06:49 Fernández is replacing a levy of four pesos per dollar for many exports with a fixed charge of nine percent, according to a decree in the Official Gazette.

BLOOMBERG

Blow for Fernández as crop windfall slips away

09-12-2019 13:42 President-elect needs all the help he can get to pull the country out of recession and make good on bond payments. But he faces a speed bump from the crop industry.

CORN HARVEST

Corn to surpass soybean production this year, says Argentina

06-07-2019 09:00 For the first time in two decades, maize production in Argentina will surpass soybean production this year, the government has predicted.