Jonathan Gilbert

Ao longo da fronteira ocidental da Patagônia argentina, numa estepe árida encostada nos Andes, fica uma formação de xisto conhecida como Vaca Muerta. Desde que engenheiros confirmaram o que um geólogo americano suspeitava um século atrás que a Vaca Muerta contém quantidades massivas de petróleo e gáscomeçou a corrida para repetir o boom americano do fracking perfuração por fraturamento hidráulico.

Argentina can get hit in several ways. Low soy prices mean fewer dollars for agriculture traders to sell on the currency market and less tax revenue at a time when Argentina is under pressure from the International Monetary Fund to achieve a primary fiscal balance.

Big drop in Argentina demand, ‘unfavorable market’ cited. Plant in Lanus, Buenos Aires, makes soybean, sunflower oils

31/08/18 - 18:34 - Country may bring back corn, wheat tax to help close deficit. Nation also considers halting scheduled tax cuts for soy.

31/07/18 - 09:43 - Alejandro Salido, director de Aserca, detalló que desean obtener más de un millón de toneladas del grano argentino, con el fin de depender menor de Estados Unidos en este rubro.

Facing a sell-off of the peso, President Mauricio Macri was hoping Argentina’s biggest source of dollars would show up to return a favor. Instead, he got a slap in the face.

21/03/18 - 17:08 - Crop is at risk of falling to lowest since at least 2009. Late-planted sowings are now in their critical growth phase.

18/02 - Supply concerns grow for soybean meal, used in livestock feed. Funds raise bets on price gains to highest in almost a year

Nation seeks approval for shipments to the U.S., Asian nations. Jorge Dillon, sanitary service president, speaks in interview.