Argentine wheat safe for now from late-winter cold snap
date:Aug 27, 2013
h a carpet of green sprouts set to grow through the spring and be harvested in December and January, at the height of the Southern Hemisphere summer.

Between now and then, Argentina faces a wheat shortage that has prompted the government to adopt price controls to try to keep bread on consumers' tables ahead of October's mid-term congressional election.

Export limits meant to ensure ample domestic food supplies backfired this year as the government approved too much wheat for export based on o
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