Overview
- Iraeta, speaking at the A Todo Trigo congress in Mar del Plata on Thursday, invited producers to sow more wheat and promised to do “the impossible” to ensure the crop is competitive at harvest.
- He defended lower import tariffs on fertilizer such as urea, cuts to export duties, and new investment incentives, and said he meets weekly with Economy Minister Luis Caputo to review farm costs and margins.
- Federation of Grain Acquirers chief Fernando Rivara called for a clear, gradual plan to scrap export duties and for broad fiscal reform to remove distorting taxes and bank debits that drain cash flow.
- Rivara urged updated seed rules and tighter control of HB4 biotech wheat and soy, warning of market risks if unapproved seeds spread, including in the European Union for HB4 soy where approval is still pending.
- The exchange revived long-running concerns over roads, port access, and stalled dredging works, and it came after a record wheat season that producers credit in part to earlier, predictable duty cuts that guided planting decisions.