Insights and Stories of Maximilian Heath

Jan. 2, 2018 at 4:43 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters – Argentina has cut its soybean export tax to 29.5 percent from a previous 30 percent, the first step in a plan to gradually reduce the levy to 18 percent over two years, the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The plan will see […]

By Hugh Bronstein, Maximilian Heath

Apr. 16, 2015 at 4:48 am CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine farm groups on Wednesday asked soy export companies to stop inspecting cargoes for bootlegged biotechnology at the behest of U.S. seed company Monsanto, the latest move in a long conflict between the country’s farmers and Monsanto. Growers in Argentina, the world’s top exporter of […]

By Maximilian Heath

Mar. 4, 2015 at 5:23 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers will suspend grain sales for three days to protest export quotas and other government policies they say hurt profits, the country’s main growers’ organizations said Tuesday. The strike will start on Wednesday, March 11, leaders of three of Argentina’s biggest farm groups told […]

By Maximilian Heath

Oct. 23, 2012 at 6:24 pm CDT

Argentina is expected to help replenish global corn supplies with a record harvest this season, even as a fast-growing domestic ethanol industry puts new demands on the world’s No. 2 exporter. Ethanol output in the South American country should more than double next year as new corn-fueled plants come on […]

By Maximilian Heath