TheCattleSite Latest News: Argentina
22 February 2013

ARGENTINA – A Food and Mouth vaccination campaign for the Chaco region has been scheduled to begin in March, the National Service for Animal Health and Quality and the Ministry of Production have confirmed....
31 January 2013

ARGENTINA - Argentina increased import duties under the Common External Tariff (CET) of Mercosur for 100 products including agricultural products....
20 December 2012

ARGENTINA - The National Animal Health and Service (SENANSA) held various bovine tuberculosis (TB) workshops through the first week of December in an attempt to improve professional understanding of the disease through the exchange of experiences....
30 November 2012

ARGENTINA - Herd liquidation prompted by drought has caused exports to fall for the first ten months of 2012 to 101,514 swt which is a 21 per cent drop year on year. ...
27 November 2012

ARGENTINA - Beef production has risen but exports of beef from Argentina have continued to decline....
22 October 2012

ARGENTINA - The Argentine National Health and Food Quality service (SENASA) is to launch mobile slaughter facilities for small producers and family farmers. ...
24 September 2012

ARGENTINA - July beef exports are down two per cent compared to the same period last year. ...
17 August 2012

ARGENTINA - Argentinean beef exports during June fell 38 per cent year-on-year, to 8,048 tonnes swt (CICCRA). ...
10 May 2012

ARGENTINA - JBS SA is to sell one of its closed beef plants in San José in the province of Entre Rios, in Argentina. ...
05 April 2012

ARGENTINA - Finding new markets, training farmers and generating tools to meet projected growth in 2012, are all important for the success of the Argentine dairy industry, said the Minister of Agriculture, Arthur Videla....
23 March 2012

ARGENTINA - Argentinean beef exports fell 16 per cent year-on-year in 2011, to 129,484 tonnes swt, continuing the downward trend of the past 10 years and registering the lowest yearly total since 2001, reports Meat and Livestock Australia. ...
20 February 2012

ARGENTINA - Dairy exports grew rapidly in 2011, with 406,966 tons of milk exported. This is the first time Argentina has exported more dairy than meat products. ...
17 February 2012

ARGENTINA - Argentinean cattle slaughter for 2011 totalled 10.8 million cattle, falling 8.7% year-on-year and 32.5% from 2009....
09 January 2012

ARGENTINA - Upward pressure on prices has seen beef consumption fall to 53.8 kg per capita per annum - the lowest levels in 91 years....
25 November 2011

ARGENTINA - Argentina is to lead dairy exporters on another round of rising world milk production next year, boosted by good weather and high profitability, adding to the competition for import orders – notably from China....
26 October 2011

ARGENTINA - Low supplies, record domestic prices and ongoing government imposed export restrictions have resulted in a 19 per cent year-on-year fall in beef shipments during the first nine months of 2011, reports Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)....
29 September 2011

ARGENTINA - The Argentine National Health and Food Quality Service (SENASA) has announced it has been running different preventive measures in the country in the face of the FMD outbreak in the Republic of Paraguay. ...
21 September 2011

ARGENTINA - Limited cattle supplies resulted in a 13 per cent year-on-year decrease in Argentinean cattle slaughter during the seven months to July 2011, reports Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)....
29 July 2011

ARGENTINA - Very tight beef supplies and high retail prices in Argentina contributed to a 51 per cent year-on-year fall in exports during 2010-11, to 151,872 tonnes swt, according to Meat and Livestock Australia's (MLA) figures....
30 June 2011

ARGENTINA - The Argentine Government has adjusted controlled prices of beef after almost three years without change....
19 May 2011

ARGENTINA - Argentinean beef consumption will remain low at least until 2014, as a result of restricted supplies driven by the loss of 11 million cattle during the last four years (Infocampo)....
06 May 2011

ARGENTINA - Argentinean 'Hilton' High Quality Beef exports to the EU totalled 19,290 tonnes swt during the first nine months of 2010-11. ...
02 March 2011

ARGENTINA - The Argentine food safety and animal health authority SENASA has declared Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands free of brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis. ...

ARGENTINA - Argentinean beef exports for July 2010 to January 2011 fell 63 per cent year-on-year, to 90,622 tonnes swt, as low cattle supplies and high domestic prices continued to see the redirection of export product to the domestic market....
26 January 2011

ARGENTINA - Argentinean beef exports during 2010 declined by 57 per cent on 2009, to 166,265 tonnes swt, as beef production contracted an estimated 23 per cent, to 2.6 million tonnes cwt....
09 November 2010

ARGENTINA - Beef production in Argentina fell by 21.8 per cent between January and September 2010, to 1.98 million tons, according to a report of the Chamber of Industry and Trade of Meat and Derivatives (Ciccra), released last week....
28 October 2010

ARGENTINA - Argentinean beef exports during the first nine months of 2010 were back 52 per cent year-on-year, to 133,973 tonnes swt, despite an 18 per cent month-on-month rise in exports during September....
06 October 2010

ARGENTINA - The life of Argentina’s legendary gauchos herding cattle on the pampas is tough. But this year the outlook is particularly gloomy as production and exports of the succulent steaks for which the country is famed slump to their lowest levels...