date:Jun 30, 2014
barriers, raising the cost of imported farm machinery and crop inputs.
Stockpiling the harvest is the main way for growers to cover themselves, he said, predicting an increase in the use of white plastic bags that are used as makeshift silos and have come to dot the Pampas farm belt over recent years. Most of the vacuum-packed bags are 75 meters long and fit 250 tonnes of soy.
Sales from farms are expected to remain strong this month and next as growers raise cash to repay loans, said Leandro