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Argentine milk producers demand clearer rules and shortages may soon become noticeable.
As tensions between the Government of President Alberto Fernández and rural producers seem to be focused on the 30-day ban on meat exports, the Argentine Rural Confederations (CRA) issued a statement this weekend headed Does the milk producer not matter?
CRA Vice President Gabriel De Raedemaeker explained that the cancellation of meat exports will not bring down the price within the domestic market as Fernández had intended, and he also warned of other conflicts such as the one with milk producers are yet to fully surface should the government stick to its current policies.
Argentine wheat planting facing pressure from rival barley, politics
Argentine wheat sowing is likely fall this year as farmers calculate the risk of state intervention in the market while new Chinese demand for South American feed barley is expected to induce some growers to switch crops.
China’s usual barley supplier Australia has been sidelined due to a bilateral trade dispute. This leaves Argentina as a key supplier, along with France and Canada, to the world’s top commodities importer.
Wheat and barley compete for sowing area on Argentina’s Pampas grains belt. Both are planted around midyear.
“Barley will be an alternative for those who want to reduce regulatory risks for the season that is starting, although this option is only available for some farm areas,” said Ezequiel De Freijo, head economist at the Argentine Rural society, which represents some of the country’s biggest farmers.