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Argentina Farmers Threaten Second Strike of 2011
Argentine farmers threatened to go on strike for a second time this year if the government does not change their policy towards them. At a meeting in Buenos Aires province city, Bahia Blanca, farm workers leaders met to discuss the week-long strike, which began last Monday. Farmers have stopped the sale of wheat, corn and soybean over export curbs. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThe EU should show solidarity with the farmers of Argentina and stand against big Business and invasive Government.
Jan 20th, 2011 - 09:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0We all support the strike, it might be the only way to sell agroproducts at an even higher price, if farmers really wanted money, I hope they are ready to milk the cow when the time is right, this export strike can't last for ever and can only help to inflate prices, other then that Argentina will moslikely say “If you didn't sow you will not reap”, people who don't hunger today will hunger tomorrow and that is how you condition any beast into submition, it's really sad to think that this farmer are digging their own economic grave by part taking in the strike probably runned by corporates who work “sweat shop”s style farm plots, I have a better political issue that might need the atention of tfarmers in Argentina, for example barrick gold is polluting the rivers in San Juan Argentina and poisibly destroying the agriculural industry mainly wine with the disposal of arsenics acids in the rivers, and the destruction of toro 1 and toro 2 glaciers.
Jan 20th, 2011 - 07:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0wake up everyone and smell the coffe burning.
You do realize that when there is a farm strike there are no exports so they aren't benefiting from the temporarily higher prices, USA and Brazil do though, so when they stop striking the price goes down and they get the lower price. You get that right? I know you absolutely don't understand math or economics so I tried to explain it as simply as I can.
Jan 21st, 2011 - 08:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0oviously #3 doesn't understand the basic principle of the sd=P. where s= supply, d=demand, p=price, how can 40.000.000 Argentines pay a better price then the whole planet driving up the demand for the same limited resouces ?? I am aware that EU is running out of food and their farming industry is a little shaky, Argentina needs to protects it's traditional industry as the capitalist protect their corporations and capital over our native land and people, if this farmers don't want export tax they can move to Romania where they have no tax nor can they buy the food thay produse. LOL check it out.
Jan 21st, 2011 - 10:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.bizcity.ro/stiri/pretul-alimentelor-de-doua-ori-mai-mari-in-unele-judete.html?id=47275
The EU is running out of food, care to back that up with something other than the insane ranting of the village idiot?
Jan 22nd, 2011 - 02:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0EU exported U$52 BILLION in food products last year so I guess they have some to spare plus isn't that about the same as Argentina? Do you just make all of this up in your feeble mind or what?
not today, not tomorrow, but surely, no evidence just one fact, there is an infinite amount of people competeing for a limited amount of resources, China, Pakistan and India are emerging economies that will are tabing to this resources creating a demand bubble wich inturn drives prices up, EU land production has reached it's optimum making any extra demand on produse a reason for the price to go up. my inoformation comes from watching the world popultion and the production of renewhable verus none renewhable resources, the rest is commun sence, you should try it sometimes #5.
Jan 23rd, 2011 - 07:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://en.mercopress.com/2011/01/23/opportunity-for-latin-america
So in your feeble mind technology plays no part in the future of farming? You have got to be one of the dumbest posters on here.
Jan 24th, 2011 - 01:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The world will never run out of food or become over populated, advances in technology will take care of both issues. I bet you believe in global warming too. What a rube. Go away you are making a complete fool of yourself Nico, gdr, ed, SRB, et al crazy wierdo.
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