Buenos Aires, September 20th. Last week, the urea and ammonia manufacturer Profertil released its Annual report on sustainability, where the company remarks the fact that during 2017 it reached a record of fertilizers sales. According to the report, it was sold 1.20 million metric tons of urea and 0.22 MMT of other fertilizers and ammonia. The […]
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Buenos Aires, September 10th. The last weekly RIA Consultores’ report brings a sensible data: imports of glyphosate down from 27,676 tons Jan-Jul 2017 to 11,846 tons in the same time this year, i.e. an interannual 52% drop. These imports correspond to “technical grade” used by industry to obtain the formulated product, then selling to farmers. […]
Buenos Aires, September 4th. Luis Casanova and Felipe Lanusse are two young professionals who run the local representation of Verdant Partners, an investment consulting group. Luis is an agronomist graduated from Buenos Aires University who worked in Colombia developing lands (acquiring, transforming and selling), and then for MSU -one of the largest farm companies in Argentina- doing the […]
Buenos Aires, September 3rd. Today, a hesitant and depresed President Macri announced the re-impose a generally tax to the Argentine exports. As it was precised by minister Nicolas Dujovne, exporters will pay AR$4 for every dollar in raw materials exported and AR$3 if the export corresponds to a manufacture. In December 2015, President Macri eliminated […]
Buenos Aires, August 29th. Through its subsidiary Oleaginosas Moreno, giant agribusiness company Glencore is heading the ranking of barley exporters from Argentina. According to the official data provided by the Ministry of Ag-Industry, in 2017 it was exported 2.52 million metric tons of barley, and Oleaginosas Moreno (OM) was at top of the list with […]
Buenos Aires, August 27th. The Arysta LifeScience acquisition by Indian UPL could enhance its position in the Argentine chemical and biologics market. According to the UPL’s 2017/18 Annual Report, Argentina represents 2% of the global turnover or about 56 million dollars. Brazil, the largest market in Latin America, represented ten folds the local market, that is […]
Buenos Aires, August 21st. During the first half of 2018, ethanol corn-based production reaches 295,162 cubic meters, 12% above 2017 and 22% above 2016. Total national production, i.e. including ethanol cane-based, reaches 501,840; then, the corn industry supplied 59% of the total. But only five industries are involved in the corn-based ethanol production. They are ACABio, […]
Buenos Aires, August 13th. After the severe drought that cut 30% of the soybean harvest and 7 million metric tons of maize, officials from Presidente Macri’s Administration show themselves enthusiasts, waiting for a super harvest in the 2018/19 season that generates dollars for a starving economy. Maybe, this wheat harvest brings the first happiness for the Government. […]
Buenos Aires, August 8th. When large grain traders are urged to load a cargo in a Parana River port, and they don’t have the cereal, they take the phone and call to the Grain Desk of Agricultores Federados Argentinos (AFA), a farmers organization based in the heart of the Pampas, who are able to supply […]
Buenos Aires, July 30th. According to the RIA Consultores weekly report, during the first seven months of the year, Argentinean soybean breeders applied for the inscription of 31 new soybean varieties to the Seed National Institute (INASE as its Spanish acronym), a branch of the AgIndustry Ministry. This amount surpasses the entire inscriptions from 2017 […]