(Adds volume of trade with Brazil and Abitrigo's comment)By Hugh Bronstein and Maximilian HeathBUENOS AIRES, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Argentina is looking for ways to ensure ample domestic wheat supplies without resorting to shutting down exports, a top official said on Wednesday, as farmers fretted about possible state intervention in the markets.
Argentina works to ensure domestic wheat supply, export cap rumors swirl
Argentina is looking for ways to ensure ample domestic wheat supplies without resorting to shutting down exports, a top official said on Wednesday, as farmers fretted about possible state intervention in the markets.
The government, worried about food price inflation, recently tried to limit corn exports, but the idea was beaten back by growers. Now the focus is on wheat, with rumors swirling around the Pampas grains belt that export limits might be on the way.
“In the case of wheat, we are seeing what we can do to ensure that we have enough in the country without closing the export market,” Agriculture Minister Luis Basterra told local radio.
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BUENOS AIRES, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Argentina´s corn producers and the country’s agriculture minister held a crunch meeting on Thursday in which the government was asked to review a decision to temporarily suspend corn exports, the head of the chamber told Reuters.
Alberto Morelli, president of the MAIZAR chamber, said the meeting with minister Luis Basterra and his officials had ended without resolution nor a timeline for a response.
“We had the meeting, we talked and we are waiting,” he said. “If this is not enough, we will have to continue working. We did what we had to do.”
1/7/2021
By Maximilian Heath
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Argentina s government said
on Thursday it would review a decision to temporarily suspend
corn exports after a meeting between the farming minister and
the leaders of the country s main agricultural associations.
The agriculture ministry said in a statement that agreements
had been struck to guarantee the domestic supply of corn and
cushion local prices against fluctuations in international
markets. The national authorities were satisfied with the agreements
reached and indicated that they would evaluate the indicated
volumes to determine if a decision can be taken to reopen export
registries, it said.
Agriculture minister Luis Basterra hailed an important