(Photo: Chairman of YPF, Miguel Gutierrez (left) and general manager of Profertil, Daniel Pettarin, after the firm the agreement) Buenos Aires, November 1st. The local urea producer Profertil agreed with YPF Luz a purchasing contract for the supply electric power from renewable sources. According to the press release, the contract has a 21 years duration […]
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Buenos Aires, October 31st. As we said in our latest post, massive urea imports continued during September. A total of 125,045 tons arrived at Argentine ports, mainly from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. http://www.theweathermakers.org/2018-10-16/massive-imports-of-urea-this-year-including-from-bolivia.html The total imports from January reach 518,639 tons and mark a new record in the history of fertilizers consumption in the […]
(Photo: The secretary of Ag-Industry, Luis Miguel Etchevehere was in charge of the investigation) Buenos Aires, October 29th. Through a group of orders (resolutions) published in the Official Register last Friday October 26th, the secretary of Ag-Industry cancelled permissions to export grains and by-products for around a million metric tons. It were Export Declarations (DJVE’s […]
Buenos Aires, October 25th. This week, the Seed National Institute (INASE as its Spanish acronym) released the Order 109/2018 that improves controls over grain sold by farmers in order to preserve the Intellectual Property Rights of breeders. Until this season, the INASE controlled the grain brought to a warehouse in order to detect technologies protected […]
(Photo: Containers of Bolivian urea dispatched to foreign markets from the Bulo Bulo plant) Buenos Aires, October 16th. According to the National Statistics and Census Institute (INDEC as its Spanish acronym), imports of urea reached a record volume of 393,324 tons during the January to August period. But the record imports occurred in August when […]
(Photo: Deputy Agriculture Secretary Luis Urriza, INTA’s authorities and representatives of the crop chains in the presentation of the 2028 prospective) Buenos Aires, October 4th. How many grains will Argentine produce in 2028? Officials from Ag-Industry Secretariat are trying to answer this question; a team led by Agricultural deputy Secretary, Mr. Luis Urriza, concludes that […]
(Photo: Leandro Cuccioli, head of the Fiscal Federal Administration) Buenos Aires, October 3rd. A good news for the Government, but a not so good one for the farmers: export tax collection reached 4,4% of the total fiscal mass collection in September versus a 2,1% a month ago. Unexpectedly, in August, the President Macri’s Administration decided […]
(Photo: Estimation Chief Esteban Copati during the presentation) Buenos Aires, September 26th. This week, the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange (BCBA as its Spanish acronym) launched its first estimation on 2018/19 national harvest. Estimation Chief Esteban Copati said that they are seeing an increment in the planted area, to a record of 33.5 million hectares. The […]
(Photo: Pablo Vaquero, left, and Carlos Becco, right, during the media presentation) Buenos Aires, September 14th. After launching a disruptive microbiological technology for soybeans and wheat, now Indigo Ag is presenting biological treatment to cotton seeds. “Indigo Algodón (the Spanish name of cotton) is a combination of microorganism that enhance the crop tolerance againts abiotic […]
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 […]