Buenos Aires | Reuters — A late-season corn planting flurry in No. 4 world exporter Argentina could push output to the same level as the previous crop year, thanks to the policies of the new government, the director of the local maize industry chamber said Friday. Growers across the Pampas farm belt applauded the November
Argentine corn sowing booms on optimism over new government
Possible Argentina debt default seen reducing corn output
Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers will likely sow less corn in the upcoming 2014-15 season if the government fails to stave off a new sovereign default in talks being held in New York this month, industry analysts said. Recession-hit Argentina is the world’s No. 3 exporter of corn and soybeans, but Argentine grain
Argentina cuts wheat output view due to floods
Argentina’s government cut this season’s wheat output forecast, citing three months of heavy rains that started in August and flooded key parts of the Pampas Farm Belt, the Agriculture Ministry said Nov. 22. The South American grains powerhouse is seen producing 11.1 million tonnes of wheat in the 2012-13 crop year, down from the government’s
Argentina Farmers Eye End To Unpopular Quota System
Argentina s grains industry is debating a proposal to overhaul local corn and wheat markets so exporters pay farmers higher prices a reform the government could very well adopt. The state intervenes in corn and wheat trade now with incremental export quotas and subsidies to local millers, which are aimed at guaranteeing affordable food supplies
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