News of soy

Top banks bet on farming boom with Milei cutting taxes

12-12-2025 19:34 Two major banks in Argentina are seeking to open up more credit for farmers as President Javier Milei cuts export tariffs for growers.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Milei cuts export taxes on Argentine soy, corn and wheat

09-12-2025 14:15 President Javier Milei’s government has reduced export duties on soybeans, corn and wheat.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Court to rule on winning Vicentin bidder, Clarín says

03-11-2025 12:34 Court set to decide on the winning bid for control of Vicentin SAIC after two bidders made competing claims of securing enough support from creditors of the bankrupt soy export giant.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Milei’s 48-hour tariff pause spurs record surge in crop exports

03-10-2025 11:50 Milei’s gambit to boost the supply of dollars on the foreign-exchange market quickly attracted about US$7 billion in scheduled shipments as exporters seized the moment.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Milei’s tax cut on crops quickly lures US$7 billion

25-09-2025 08:52 Agro exporters rush to take advantage of temporary drop in export duties; Experts call on government to boost Central Bank reserves.

AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK

Distressed trader’s soy can feed pigs in Argentina, suitor says

17-09-2025 08:18 Grains brokerage Grassi SA, a key suitor for the assets of Vicentin SAIC, once Argentina’s top exporter of soy meal, eyes new business model for distressed trader.

Agriculture

Trump urges China to quadruple US soy buying, lifting prices

11-08-2025 08:52 Donald Trump says he hopes China will massively step up its purchases of US soybeans.

FOREIGN POLICY

President Milei hosts India PM Narendra Modi at Casa Rosada

05-07-2025 13:31 Second meeting between two national leaders after G20 talks last year; India, the world’s fifth-largest economy, is a key export destination for Argentina.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Crop traders rush to secure Argentine cargoes as Milei perk ends

27-06-2025 14:03 Agriculture traders rush to get crop shipments on the books before government's tariff relief expires next week.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

China imports Argentina soy meal in trial amid US tensions

26-06-2025 17:45 China has booked a rare shipment of soybean meal from Argentina amid an ongoing trade war with the United States.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Milei stumbles in bid to unchain farmers as soy tax break ends

21-05-2025 13:35 Economy Minister Luis Caputo announces that tax cut for exports of soy and corn will end as planned.

ANALYSIS: SHOCK THERAPY

How Milei keeps peso strong ahead of midterm vote

14-05-2025 12:00 President Milei's government doubles down on a strong peso strategy, making it the cornerstone of his midterm election campaign.

AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK

From meat to grains, trade war is a boon to Brazil and Argentina

22-04-2025 14:38 Escalating tensions between the United States and China have created an opening for Brazil and Argentina to ramp up exports.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Milei tells farmers to sell soy now as peso slides 12%

14-04-2025 19:08 Farmers are starting to harvest their soy crop, worth billions of dollars in export revenues that Milei desperately needs at the Central Bank. But, so far, they have traded it at a crawl.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Soy falls as US-China talks loom, weather improves in Argentina

05-02-2025 15:23 Soybean prices fall on worries that US-China trade tensions and bearish weather in Argentina.

Dredging row

Government accused of skewing auction to upgrade soy river

16-01-2025 11:40 President Javier Milei faces scrutiny for unfairly favouring Belgium firm Jan de Nul NV in 30-year tender to dredge Paraná river.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Argentina moves to deepen soy waterway to ship bigger cargoes

20-11-2024 10:56 Argentina publishes terms of long-awaited tender for contractors to dredge waterway that ships billions of dollars of crops a year to global markets.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

US soy is so cheap that even rival Argentina is buying it

16-09-2024 16:39 Argentina, the world’s biggest exporter of processed soybean meal and oil, is set to bring in whole beans from the United States for the first since 2019.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Soybean crushers strike just as harvest gathers pace

29-04-2024 17:54 Workers at soy-processing plants have gone on strike just as farmers are collecting the crop.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

US green fuel push threatens Argentina’s main export market

14-03-2024 15:56 Biden administration’s landmark decarbonisation plan has the potential to cause tectonic shifts in global agricultural markets – and deal a damaging blow to Argentina’s troubled economy.