http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/04/soy-and-politics-in-argentina-important-informative-and-global.html A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:05:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/04/soy-and-politics-in-argentina-important-informative-and-global.html#comment-548 Bob Mrotek Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:27:06 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/04/soy-and-politics-in-argentina-important-informative-and-global.html#comment-548 Hi Rachel, This is a very interesting subject. I think that some of the rise in soybean export taxes in Argentina could be because of fear of an imminent world food crisis. A lot of people don't realize that as of this date there is only a 53 day supply of grains for the entire world. If there are any major catastrophes that affect future harvests a lot of people are going to go hungry. At this moment there are some very bad shortages of bread grains and rice all over the world and many countries who used to be net exporters have stopped exporting in order to bolster domestic supplies. In the case of Argentina which depends heavily on soy based feeds to support its love for meat and dairy products it just might be that discouraging the export of soybeans could in part be due to a self protection element. Hi Rachel,
This is a very interesting subject. I think that some of the rise in soybean export taxes in Argentina could be because of fear of an imminent world food crisis. A lot of people don’t realize that as of this date there is only a 53 day supply of grains for the entire world. If there are any major catastrophes that affect future harvests a lot of people are going to go hungry. At this moment there are some very bad shortages of bread grains and rice all over the world and many countries who used to be net exporters have stopped exporting in order to bolster domestic supplies. In the case of Argentina which depends heavily on soy based feeds to support its love for meat and dairy products it just might be that discouraging the export of soybeans could in part be due to a self protection element.

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