TheDairySite Latest News: Argentina
01 December 2020
Argentina’s agriculture export industry workers go on strikeTwo major unions representing Argentina’s agro-export industry have launched an indefinite strike, escalating a stand-off that has been simmering for months....
10 November 2020
Argentina’s port workers launch sudden strike, affecting grain shipmentsA union spokesman confirmed that its members who are grains pork workers were holding surprise strikes in protest of stalled talks over wages....
30 October 2020
Argentine oilseed crushers and union to meet again as strike loomsArgentina’s oilseed crushers and exporting firms are scheduled to meet again with a key worker union in order to reach a deal over COVID-19 bonus payments and head off the threat of strike action in the world’s top supplier of processed soy....
29 October 2020
Argentine oilseed union says that more strike action is likely after offer from crushers deemed “insufficient”The main union for Argentina’s oilseed crushing workers is hinting at further strike action acter a proposed coronavirus bonus payment fell short of expectations....
14 October 2020
Argentina’s oilseed workers go on strike at key portsArgentina’s Federation of Oilseeds Workers began open-ended wage strikes on 13 October, with no sign of government intervention that would force members back to work during new contract negotiations....
07 October 2020
Argentine farmers warn that tax cuts favour oilseed crushers and won’t prompt salesA new export tax regime in Argentina leaves a higher levy on soybeans than processed soy oil and soy meal, prompting claims that the country is subsidising the oilseed crushing industry....
05 October 2020
Argentina’s farm lobby slams “insufficient” grains tax cutsArgentina’s main farm association says that government measures to temporarily cut export taxes on grains were inadequate and fail to address underlying issues facing farmers....
02 October 2020
Argentina cuts soy export taxes to boost foreign reservesArgentina has moved to temporarily cut soybean, soymeal and soy oil export taxes by three percent to 30 percent to bolster export revenue....
01 October 2020
Argentina’s beef exports to China remain at pre-pandemic levelsArgentina is expected to export about 870,000 tonnes of beef to China in 2020, matching 2019’s export numbers....
14 August 2020
Multiple meat plants in Argentina suspend exports to China over coronavirus fearsSeven Argentine meat processing plants are temporarily halting exports to China due to registered cases of COVID-19 among meat plant workers....
04 August 2020
Major grains plant in Argentina restarts production after coronavirus shutdownThe COFCO grains plant in Argentina has come back online after 12 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed among workers....
22 July 2020
Argentina braces for second locust swarm of the yearArgentina’s farmers are on alert for crop damage as a second swarm of locusts arrives from Paraguay....
17 July 2020
Argentina suspends exports from eight meat plants to China after COVID-19 detectedArgentina’s food quality and safety body has suspended exports to China from eight meatpacking plants after cases of the novel coronavirus were detected among employees....
19 June 2020
Argentine farmers raise concerns over linking sovereign bonds to food exportsArgentina’s farmers have objected to a government proposal that ties the interest rate of bonds issued in the country’s debt restructuring to its agricultural exports....
16 April 2020
Argentina’s grain sector braces for its first coronavirus caseArgentina is waiting for the first COVID-19 case to be confirmed among the thousands of port labourers and grains handlers who work in the country’s key agricultural export sector....
14 April 2020
Brazil and Argentina’s agricultural heartland suffer prolonged droughtParts of South America’s farm belt are being hammered by a drought that threatens to curb harvest yields....
27 March 2020
Argentina mulls port closures, signalling potential pressure on grain used in cattle feedArgentine grains port workers have requested that exports be suspended during the pandemic....
15 October 2018
Argentina Eyes Shanghai Import Expo for Great OpportunitiesARGENTINA - Argentina is preparing to make the most of the great opportunity offered by the first ever China International Import Expo (CIIE), said a top Argentine trade official....
30 July 2018
US Says Farmers Could Get Cash Aid by Oct But Will Not be Made WholeARGENTINA - US farmers could receive cash payments from a planned $12 billion aid package as soon as late September, US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told Reuters on Saturday, warning that the program will not make tariff-hit farmers whole....
12 February 2018
Arla Agrees to Acquisition of Shares in AFISAARGENTINA - Arla Foods Ingredients has agreed to acquire the shares in Arla Foods Ingredients S.A (AFISA) currently owned by SanCor to support the company’s ambition for market growth in South America....
17 November 2016
Argentina's Milk Powder Exports to Fall SignificantlyARGENTINA - Argentina is one the world’s major dairy exporting regions but its milk production has declined significantly during 2016, according to UK levy board AHDB Dairy....
14 July 2016
Scientists Sequence Genome in Effort to Fight LeptospirosisARGENTINA - Argentine researchers have sequenced the genome of a pathogen that causes huge losses of meat and milk production in cattle for the first time....
28 May 2015
Argentina Calls for Recognition of Role of Small ProducersARGENTINA - As part of the opening of the 83rd World Assembly of Delegates of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in Paris this week, the Argentine Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation, Carlos Casamiquela, called on...
10 March 2015
Argentina Vaccinates 42million Cattle for FMDARGENTINA – Over 42 million Argentinian cattle received vaccinations in the country’s second Foot and Mouth Disease campaign of 2014....
27 November 2014
Compliance Warning Issued After Processor Safety FailureARGENTINA – Dairy food safety standards are being subject to a government health check after two processors fell short of the mark earlier this autumn....
26 November 2014
Feeding Cactus Fruit Halves Livestock Water NeedsARGENTINA – Huge water savings can be achieved by feeding goats, sheep and cattle with chopped cactus fruit, Argentinian farmers are hearing....
03 October 2014
Argentina Spared From Milk Price CutsARGENTINA - The dairy price downturn has followed a trend of more milk and less demand across the major milk producing nations, except in Argentina where yields have fallen....
17 September 2014
Second Round of FMD Vaccination Starts in ArgentinaARGENTINA - The Argentine National Health Service and Food Quality (SENASA) is to start the second round of the annual vaccination against foot and mouth disease in the appropriate provinces....
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