In Argentina grains belt, farmers ready to 'unsaddle' as Peronists return

In Argentina grains belt, farmers ready to 'unsaddle' as Peronists return https://ift.tt/31OY2qg October 28, 2019 at 08:03AM Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/27ryfmF

There is a saying among farmers when times are hard on the Argentine Pampas: "Unsaddle the horse until the sun comes out". This dusty soy, corn and cattle ranching town in the bread-basket province of Buenos Aires was a bastion of support for farm-friendly incumbent Mauricio Macri. Farmers "saddled up" by planting at record levels when Macri, only days into his administration, ditched the heavy handed trade controls and export limits that previous President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner had put on corn and wheat.

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