date:Jul 18, 2013
Argentina, usually a key supplier of wheat to the world market, is facing a shortage of the grain that has stopped exports and prompted the government to adopt price controls in a bid to keep bread on consumers' tables ahead of mid-term elections.
This slowdown in Argentine wheat exports comes at time when the world needs its wheat. Global supplies are low, reduced by poor harvests last year in Russia, Australia and the United States.
Export limits in the South American country, which were app