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Buenos Aires, Jun 4th. The gap between ethanol from corn and corn prices since de assumption of President Macri’s Administration is perishing month by month. In November 2015, prior to the assumption, one liter of bioethanol from corn was equivalent to 6.6 kilograms of corn. Twenty-nine months later, the relationship was 1:3.4. As we see […]
Former Agricultural Counsellor in the European Union, Gustavo Idigoras has been nominated as chairman of the Argentinean Oilseed Industry (CIARA as its Spanish acronym). The country is the largest world supplier of soybean meal and soybean oil, thanks to that the biggest global oilseed complex was established around Rosario and the Paraná River. Mr. Idigoras […]
Buenos Aires, May 31th. Austral University will host the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) world summit from June 23th to 27th, at Buenos Aires City. More than a hundred referents from public and private organizations, academic and scientific sectors around the world will converge at the meeting. “There is a great schedule in […]
Buenos Aires, May 30th. During 2017, Argentinean biodiesel industry reached a production record of 2.87 million metric tons, surpassing the previous one of 2.58 MMT during 2014. Around 43% of the production was destined to the mandatory blending with diesel and the remaining 57% was exported worth 1.2 billion dollars. The mandatory blend are supplied […]
Buenos Aires, May 28th. With a budget of US$13 million (AR$321 million), a new agricultural census will be running from September 15th until November 30th by the Argentinean Statistics and Census National Institute (INDEC). “We hope to cover around 190 or 200 million rural hectares (470 to 494 million acres)”, says Roberto Bisang (photo), coordinator […]
Buenos Aires, May 24th. The last drought during Argentina’s summer cut 20 million metric tons of soybean harvest but only 7 million of corn. “Farmers realized that corn was the only crop that offered some profit to the operation”, says Leonardo Galli, Regional Sales Manager at KWS local branch. “In some places with adequate rains, they […]
Buenos Aires, April 22th. The latest numbers from April shows a decreasing activity at oilseed industry. During last month, it been processed 3.36 million metric tons (MMT) of soybean, down 16% from April 2017. The aggregate of the first four months of the year climbs to 11.52 MMT versus 12.96 during 2017 and 14.07 during […]