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Piglets look out from a fence at Cabanas Argentinas del Sol pig farm in Marcos Paz, southwest of Buenos Aires in December 2008.  Photo: Reuters/Enrique Marcarian
Markets

Argentina nears China hog deal it hopes could turbocharge local pork production

By Hallie Gu, Maximilian Heath July 29, 2020
Buenos Aires | Beijing | Reuters – Argentina is nearing an initial agreement with China that could pave for the way for potential investments by the Asian giant in local […] Read more

A locust is seen on a plant at Gran Guardia, Formosa, Argentina on June 1, 2020. (Photo: Senasa handout via Reuters)
Crops

Argentina says hit by second locust swarm, farmers on alert

By Hugh Bronstein, Maximilian Heath July 22, 2020
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


A gaucho drives a carriage through the pampas (lowland plains), a primary farming and ranching region of Argentina. (CIA.gov)
Crops, Markets

Argentine farmers strike to protest export tax hike

By Maximilian Heath March 9, 2020
Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine farmers began a four-day sales strike on Monday to protest the government’s hike of export taxes for soybeans and their byproducts, though shipments were […] Read more

(Gassen/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

U.S. agriculture official calls trade tensions with China ‘new normal’

By Maximilian Heath September 25, 2019
Buenos Aires | Reuters — The United States and China are still in the early stages of their trade war and tensions that arise from it should be considered the […] Read more

(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Argentina exports biodiesel to Canada after U.S. imposes tariffs

By Maximilian Heath April 13, 2018
Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine biodiesel producer Ecofuel exported 29,000 tonnes of biodiesel to Canada in March and plans to make a new shipment of the same volume to […] Read more


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Crops, Machinery

Deere fears hit from Trump tariffs, retaliation

By Maximilian Heath March 22, 2018
Granadero Baigorria, Argentina | Reuters — U.S. tractor maker Deere and Co. is bracing for a negative financial impact from U.S. tariffs on steel imports and worries that retaliatory tariffs […] Read more

Photo: Thinkstock

Argentina begins phasing in cuts to soybean export tax

By Hugh Bronstein, Maximilian Heath January 2, 2018
Buenos Aires | Reuters – Argentina has cut its soybean export tax to 29.5 percent from a previous 30 percent, the first step in a plan to gradually reduce the […] Read more

Crops

Argentine farmers say Monsanto soy contract breaks local law

By Maximilian Heath April 16, 2015
Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine farm groups on Wednesday asked soy export companies to stop inspecting cargoes for bootlegged biotechnology at the behest of U.S. seed company Monsanto, the […] Read more


Crops, Markets

Argentine farmers to halt crop sales for three days in protest

By Maximilian Heath March 4, 2015
Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers will suspend grain sales for three days to protest export quotas and other government policies they say hurt profits, the country’s main growers’ […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Argentina’s ethanol mandate just nibbles at corn harvest

By Maximilian Heath October 23, 2012
Argentina is expected to help replenish global corn supplies with a record harvest this season, even as a fast-growing domestic ethanol industry puts new demands on the world’s No. 2 […] Read more

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