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Showing posts with label Argentina drought. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Argentina drought. Show all posts
31 August 2009
El Nino Brings Rain Hope To Argentina's Soybean Crop.
BLOOMBERG.
Argentina may produce as much as 50 million tons of soybeans in its next harvest as rains created by El Nino break the worst drought in a century.
Argentina may produce as much as 50 million tons of soybeans in its next harvest as rains created by El Nino break the worst drought in a century.
18 August 2009
Drought May Force Argentina To Import Beef.
BLOOMBERG.
The world's biggest beef-consuming nation, Argentina, may have to import meat for the first time within two years as a severe drought kills cattle and export controls prompt ranchers to quit the business.
Pastures have dried up and forage prices gained so much that farmers are allowing livestock to die in the fields.
The world's biggest beef-consuming nation, Argentina, may have to import meat for the first time within two years as a severe drought kills cattle and export controls prompt ranchers to quit the business.
Pastures have dried up and forage prices gained so much that farmers are allowing livestock to die in the fields.
29 May 2009
Argentina's farms suffer from severe drought
A severe drought continues in Argentina.
The Economist speculates that Argentina may not produce enough wheat next year to meet domestic demand...for only the the second time since the 1870's.
More on that and the economic/political implications at:
http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13740297
Dengue also continues to ravage northern Argentina.
And, the Southern Cone awaits the impact of a constantly mutating"swine flu."
The Economist speculates that Argentina may not produce enough wheat next year to meet domestic demand...for only the the second time since the 1870's.
More on that and the economic/political implications at:
http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13740297
Dengue also continues to ravage northern Argentina.
And, the Southern Cone awaits the impact of a constantly mutating"swine flu."
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