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Tag: soybean farmers

  • Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

    Argentine soybean farmers sign delayed-price contracts hoping for a US/China trade deal and higher prices

    The trade could work out well for farmers who can gather enough cash from elsewhere to pay off debts taken on during planting

    Soybean growers in Argentina are playing a waiting game, wagering on better prices ahead as the U.S. and China inch toward a trade deal and as nation’s currency keeps depreciating. Farmers on the Pampas arable belt have signed delayed-price contracts for almost three quarters of the 12.2 million metric tons they’ve sold to crushers and exporters so far, according to government data. That compares with 60% at the same stage last year.