Argentina on Friday approved the emergency use of the single-dose COVID-19 vaccine developed by Cansino Biologics Inc, aiming to bolster its portfolio of the critical jabs as the country faces a harsh second wave of the disease, further complicating its recovery from a lengthy.
Late-planted corn in Argentina is delivering higher-than-expected yields, with 34.1% of the 2020/21 crop already harvested, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said on Thursday. The South American grains powerhouse is the world’s No. 3 corn exporter. “The yields of late-planted corn continue to exceed initial expectations, and are even higher than the productivity of early .
6/3/2021
By Maximilian Heath
BUENOS AIRES, June 3 (Reuters) - Argentine meat producers
will continue talks with the government aimed at lifting the
one-month suspension of beef exports that was declared in
mid-May, the country s Agroindustrial Council (CAA) said in a
statement.
The suspension is aimed at lowering domestic inflation, but
cattle ranchers disagree with the measure and, in protest,
halted domestic livestock sales through Wednesday. Farm leaders
say the sales strike may resume to include grains sales if
progress is not made in talks with the government.
According to the CAA statement, Dardo Chiesa, the
coordinator of the Mesa de las Carnes - an association that
Argentina said on Monday it had temporarily shut down 12 beef exporters over "irregular" operations and had seized over 220 tonnes of meat as tensions over the government's meat export ban deepen.
Argentine growers sell 20 mln tonnes of soy in 2020/21 as harvesting ends
Argentine farmers have sold 20 million tonnes of soy from the 2020/21 season, after transactions for 606,000 tonnes were registered over the past week, the Agriculture Ministry said in a report on Tuesday, including data updated through May 26.
With growers finishing this season’s harvest, the rhythm of soybean sales in Argentina is behind that of the previous season, when sales of 23.8 million tonnes had been registered by this date, according to official information.
The soybean harvest is expected at 43.5 million tonnes, according to the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange, versus 49 million tonnes estimated by the exchange to have been brought in during the 2019/20 season.