Sao Paulo/Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Brazil on Thursday became the first country to allow imports of flour made with genetically modified wheat, though shipments of the new variety developed […] Read more
Brazil clears GMO wheat flour from Argentina in global first
Sales, however, may be slow
Argentina forms agency to manage cargo river, grain exporters worry
Added bureaucracy in grain shipping feared
Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina said on Wednesday it had formed a new government agency to manage dredging operations needed to ensure navigation of the Parana River, which carries […] Read more
Argentine truckers end strike, freeing China-bound barley
Canada, France would have been buyers' Plan B
Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine truckers ended a 20-day strike that had blocked access to ports in Buenos Aires province, agricultural industry sources said on Tuesday, following a deal […] Read more
Argentine soy crushing operations normalize after 20-day labor strike
Buenos Aires | Reuters – Argentine soymeal and soyoil factories went back into production on Wednesday after a 20-day strike by oilseed workers was ended late the night before by […] Read more
Loading of more than 140 grains ships in Argentina delayed due to strike
Buenos Aires | Reuters – Loading of more than 140 agricultural export ships in Argentina has been stalled by a port-side oilseed workers’ strike that started on Dec. 9, the head […] Read more
Argentina says hit by second locust swarm, farmers on alert
Buenos Aires | Reuters — Grains powerhouse Argentina is getting hit by a second swarm of locusts arriving from neighbouring Paraguay, Argentina’s Senasa agricultural health inspection agency said on Tuesday, […] Read more
U.S. farmers fret as Chinese soy purchases move elsewhere
Strange trade flows — U.S. beans to Argentina, Argentine beans to China, Argentine beef to the U.S.
Reuters – A ship named the Torrent recently reached the end of a 5,000-mile trip carrying soybeans from the U.S. Great Lakes to Argentina — a journey that only makes […] Read more
Argentina plans to export major amounts of soymeal to China in 2019
Beunos Aires | Reuters – Argentina expects to export significant amounts of soymeal to China starting after the next harvest in May, a top agriculture ministry official said on Friday, as the […] Read more
U.S. says farmers could get cash aid by Oct. but will not be made whole
Buenos Aires | Reuters – U.S. farmers could receive cash payments from a planned $12 billion aid package as soon as late September, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told Reuters […] Read more
Argentina’s soybean season ‘dead’
Buenos Aires | Reuters — Hope has withered for any recovery in Argentine soy yields hit by a four-month drought that shows no signs of abating, farmers and analysts said […] Read more
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