Argy Dispute Latest
Argy farm leaders are due to meet with the Production Minister Debora Giorgi later today in what should be a very interesting "discussion".
Leading Argy daily Clarin reported yesterday that the government wants to create a "Commercialization Agency" to influence market prices, in which it (the state) would hold a 51 percent stake.
A Production Ministry official told another daily, Pagina 12, that the new agency would be ’inspired by the entities...in Canada and Australia’ (referring to the AWB and CWB), with a focus on ensuring domestic supply and promoting domestic processing.
With mistrust of the government running at all-time highs amongst the farm leaders it seems that a move giving them the casting vote on grain & cattle exports is not going to be sanctioned easily.
On Saturday, almost 30 farm groups published full-page newspaper advertisements titled "Argentina in Reverse," warning that state intervention could spark demonstrations and paralyse the sector.
Watch this space.
Leading Argy daily Clarin reported yesterday that the government wants to create a "Commercialization Agency" to influence market prices, in which it (the state) would hold a 51 percent stake.
A Production Ministry official told another daily, Pagina 12, that the new agency would be ’inspired by the entities...in Canada and Australia’ (referring to the AWB and CWB), with a focus on ensuring domestic supply and promoting domestic processing.
With mistrust of the government running at all-time highs amongst the farm leaders it seems that a move giving them the casting vote on grain & cattle exports is not going to be sanctioned easily.
On Saturday, almost 30 farm groups published full-page newspaper advertisements titled "Argentina in Reverse," warning that state intervention could spark demonstrations and paralyse the sector.
Watch this space.