Yanqui Mike

...currently discussing the US presidential election campaign until Inauguration Day.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Argentina struggling to feed itself

"In a bid to get soaring inflation under control the government has in recent years looked to protect local consumers by manipulating prices and restricting exports of both beef and wheat.

This has pushed many farmers to join the move from cattle ranching and wheat farming into soy production, which has doubled in the last decade."

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Yanqui Mike

Yanqui Mike
US émigré and cattle rancher in the pampas of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires since 2003. Founding Chairman of Democrats Abroad Argentina and Drinking Liberally Buenos Aires. Selected by the DNC to blog from the floor of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Blog coverage subsequently chosen for permanent inclusion by the Library of Congress. He lives with his lovely wife Alicia and their pet monkey-rat at the ranch and in Buenos Aires City.
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