Farming and Food Exports

News on Argentine farming: soy, wheat and corn harvests, beef, world prices and export taxes, and the country's food exports.

ECONOMY

El Niño Floods Hit Farms Along Argentina's Rivers as Yacyretá Dam Opens Spillways

Rivers swollen by El Niño rains have closed the Iguazú Falls walkways and the Yacyretá dam crossing, and ranchers are moving cattle off low fields.

By The Ushuaia Times · 4 days ago

ECONOMY

Chicken Passes Beef in Argentine Meat Consumption

A year of dear beef pushed households toward cheaper chicken and pork, while total meat consumption barely moved, according to the Ieral research institute.

By The Ushuaia Times · Oct. 9, 2026

ECONOMY

Grain Exchange Projects Record US$41.5 Billion in Farm Exports for 2026/27

The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange sees the 2026/27 harvest growing 0.5% and its export value growing 6.9%, with prices doing most of the work.

By The Ushuaia Times · Sept. 22, 2026

ECONOMY

Beef Exports to US Nearly Triple as Argentines Eat the Least in 20 Years

Argentine beef shipments to the United States surged this year while Argentines themselves are eating the least beef in more than two decades, as export prices pull the country's herd…

By The Ushuaia Times · Sept. 10, 2026

ECONOMY

Trump's Emergency Beef Quota Excludes Argentina, Which Has Its Own

A temporary 300,000-ton tariff-free quota meant to ease US meat prices leaves out Argentina because it already has preferential access, and puts Brazil in position to benefit.

By The Ushuaia Times · Sept. 8, 2026