Argentina Back on Strike
ARGENTINA - The farmers grain and cattle boycott of sales, began in earnest in Argentina on Friday morning, the FAA farmers association held roadside rallies, as part of the protest against the governments lack of response to their demands.

Argentina May Import Beef by 2012
ARGENTINA - According to a report from the Argentine Regional Consortia of Agriculture organisation, Argentina may be forced to import beef by 2012.

Argentina Considers Road Protest and Export Ban
ARGENTINA - The farmers who staged an epic four month ban on exports, from March to July of this year, may resume beef and grain sales boycotts, in an attempt to force President Kirchner to address their new demands.

Argentinian Beef with Political Intervention
ARGENTINA - Despite of an excellent beef producing climate, Argentinian beef may soon become a thing of the past, due to the continual hampering of political intervention and harmful rules.

Argentine Beef Plants Struggle With Permits
ARGENTINA - The Argentine beef plants are still having problems obtaining beef export permits from the Department of Agriculture, ONCCA.

Argentinian Ranching Heritage Dwindles
ARGENTINA - Analysts are alarmed that Argentinian breeding cows are being sold for slaughter in the country's largest market, fearing that the move might see Argentinian ranchers disappear one day soon.

Boost for Argentine Animal Health and Food Safety
ARGENTINA - The Argentine food safety authority, Senasa, is to receive US$300 million from the government and Inter-American Development Bank to strengthen its quality control processes.

Argentine Beef back on Menu as Economy Thrives
ARGENTINA - A few years ago, an economic crisis and soaring steak prices made beef a luxury for many Argentines. But beef is back on menus again, raising fears stagnant production will not be able to keep pace with demand, Reuters research rep...

Tougher Cattle Threaten Argentine Beef Exports
BUENOS AIRES - Agricultural economics may be spoiling a good steak.

Argentina Drops To Seventh Place Among Global Beef Exporters
ARGENTINA - Argentina will drop from fourth to seventh place among world beef exporters this year, after having climbed in 2005 to the third position according to the latest information from the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries...

Argentina Signs Meat Agreement
BUENOS AIRES - Argentinean government and representatives of agricultural and livestock industries signed an agreement to normalize the situation of meat market, official sources confirmed on Thursday.

Argentine Ranchers End Cattle Sales on Price Controls
ARGENTINA - Argentine ranchers in the country's two biggest beef producing provinces are refusing to send cattle to market in a 15-day strike against President Nestor Kirchner's price controls.

Gov’t Not Giving Up On CARBAP
ARGENTINA - Agriculture Secretary Javier de Urquiza yesterday said that the Kirchner administration will continue efforts to reach agreements with one organization of beef producers who on Friday rejected a government proposal to keep prices at bay and...

Argentina Suffers Beef Shortage Due To Price Controls
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina - a country famous for its abundant cattle - is suffering a shortage of beef, as retailers can't find suppliers willing to sell their products at the prices imposed by the government in its effort to control inflation.

Argentine Government Challenging Country's Famed Beef Industry
BUENOS AIRES - Rounders herd cattle at the Liniers Market in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Beef price and export controls have reduced by nearly 50 percent the numbers of cattle passing through the market, which is the country's biggest.

Argentina strides ahead in the elimination of FAM
ARGENTINA - Argentina recovered this week its status of free from foot and mouth disease, FAM, with vaccination according to the country’s Agro-food sanitary office, Senasa. Argentina suffered a limited FAM outbreak a year ago in the northern province...

Trade restrictions suppress Argentinean beef trade in 2006
ARGENTINA - Argentina’s beef exports were down by almost a third in 2006 compared with 2005, according to final figures released in the European Market Survey. Restrictions were applied by the Argentinean government in March 2006 which virtually suspended...

Argentina delays export licenses
ARGENTINA - According to the Brazilian Meat Monitor (BMM), the Argentine government is delaying the issuance of beef export licences as a way to indirectly limit beef exports. The government continues to struggle against rising domestic beef prices with...

Argentina appoints new farming chief amid tensions
ARGENTINA - Argentina's farming sector broadly welcomed on Wednesday the government's decision to replace the agriculture secretary at a time of heightened tension between farmers and the administration.

Argentina on alert over foot-and-mouth disease
ARGENTINA - Argentina, the world's third-biggest beef exporter, said on Tuesday it was stepping up existing measures to prevent foot-and-mouth disease following an outbreak in neighboring Bolivia.