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 […]
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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 […]
Under the leitmotiv “Ideas to feed the world”, the Argentinean Government presents the AgTech Week, from August Monday 6th to Friday 10, with the target to boost innovative farming technologies, creating business around them and positioning Argentina as a global leader in this matter. The week starts Monday 6th at Buenos Aires and continues Tuesday at […]
Buenos Aires, July 4th. The largest Chinese seed company, Longping High Tech Agriculture Co. would be preparing its landing in the Argentinean market in 2019, said local sources to www.eFarmNewsAr.com. It would be the second or third Chinese company in the local seed operation after COFCO acquired Nidera Semillas and then sold it to Syngenta, […]
Gustavo Grobocopatel used to be know as “Argentinean King of the Soybean”. The business of this farmer born at Carlos Casares, a little town in the heart of the Las Pampas, had an fast and incredible growing during middle ’90s and during the first decade of the new century. “Los Grobo”, the name that popularized […]
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 […]