Tag: Julian Dominguez

• Wednesday, July 27th 2011 - 03:48 UTC

  Argentine farmers furious with government’s wheat export policy

  

  Argentina liberated 450.000 tons of wheat for export, a decision which is believed to be closely linked to Sunday’s election in the farming province of Santa Fe where the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner suffered a major defeat.

• Monday, May 23rd 2011 - 06:16 UTC

  France wants to combat commodities volatility, not limit prices

  

  The best way to cool soaring food prices is to boost output, the Argentine government said, following talks on a French proposal for increased regulation of commodity markets in the framework of a G20 meeting in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, April 8th 2011 - 23:26 UTC

  Argentina promotes meat production with subsidized loans

  

  Argentina plans to extend the equivalent of 750 million US dollars in subsidized loans to meat producers to spur increased production of beef, chicken and pork.

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 01:21 UTC

  Paraguay exported more beef than Argentina in 2010

  

  Paraguay overtook Argentina as beef exporter in 2010 confirming the country’s loss of leadership in the world’s meat markets, according to reports in the Argentine and Paraguayan media.

• Monday, January 24th 2011 - 04:52 UTC

  Argentine Farmers End Protest: For Now

  

  The farmers’ strike which has been taking in place in Argentina for the past week ended on midnight Sunday but the leaders have warned that members of the relevant rural entities will meet in two weeks, to discuss further measures and that they do not rule out another strike. The current measures had put a halt to the sale of grains.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2010 - 07:51 UTC

  China opens market to Argentine beef, barley, dairy produce and apples

  

  China and Argentina have signed agreements to allow the import to China of de-boned beef, dairy products, apples, bamboo and barley, China's quarantine administration said on Wednesday. However no mention was made of an expected deal on corn.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 15:15 UTC

  Argentina anticipates record crop and export surpluses of wheat and corn

  

  Argentina’s Agriculture and Livestock minister Julian Domínguez and representatives from the cereals and oilseed markets coincided that Argentina will have a record crop this 2010/11 season and considerable export surplus of wheat and corn: 5.5 million and 18.5 million tons respectively.