Upcoming Argentina farm strike may slow much-needed corn exports
date:Jun 13, 2013
s and a likely later-than-normal harvest have increased demand for Argentine and Brazilian crops.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, re-elected in 2011 on promises of deepening government's role in Latin America's No. 3 economy, has long feuded with the country's farm sector.

Growers say their profits have been whittled down to nearly nothing by high taxes and export curbs placed on corn and wheat.

The curbs are meant to ensure ample domestic food supplies but farmers say they distort pr
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