# Argentine farmers consider grains strike over beef export cap
						 | The Cattle Site

> Argentine farm groups are discussing a grains trade strike to protest an extension of the beef export cap until the end of October. The Cattle Site reports that Argentina is the world's top processed soy exporter and that beef prices are up almost 40% this year. The farm bodies are also considering a halt to cattle trading.

- Date: 2021-09-01 · published 2021-09-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44931-argentine-farmers-consider-grains-strike-over-beef-export-cap-the-cattle-site
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A grain sales strike would reduce Argentine soybean, meal and corn export flows and support world prices, while beef export restrictions weigh on Argentine cattle prices. The strike is only under discussion, so the effect depends on whether it goes ahead.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2020-03-06 | [Argentine farmers plan strike against tax hike as tensions bubble](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53983-argentine-farmers-plan-strike-against-tax-hike-as-tensions-bubble.md) | -3.8% | -3.4% |
| SOY | 2020-03-09 | [Argentine farmers begin four day sales strike to protest higher export taxes — MercoPress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53992-argentine-farmers-begin-four-day-sales-strike-to-protest-higher-export-taxes.md) | -4.1% | -3.3% |
| SOY | 2019-12-24 | [Argentine government taxes farmers to fund spending - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55423-argentine-government-taxes-farmers-to-fund-spending-grain-central.md) | +1.0% | -2.6% |
| SOY | 2025-09-25 | [U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13833-u-s-grains-soybean-futures-edge-up-as-argentina-ends-export-tax-waiver-farmtario.md) | +0.4% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2020-12-01 | [Argentina to Tax Grain Exports \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49492-argentina-to-tax-grain-exports-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.9% | +10.9% |
| SBM | 2020-06-18 | [Argentine farmers raise concerns over linking sovereign bonds to food exports
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52445-argentine-farmers-raise-concerns-over-linking-sovereign-bonds-to-food-exports.md) | -0.4% | -0.3% |
| SBM | 2020-03-06 | [Argentine farmers plan strike against tax hike as tensions bubble](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53983-argentine-farmers-plan-strike-against-tax-hike-as-tensions-bubble.md) | -0.6% | +2.9% |
| SBM | 2020-03-09 | [Argentine farmers begin four day sales strike to protest higher export taxes — MercoPress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53992-argentine-farmers-begin-four-day-sales-strike-to-protest-higher-export-taxes.md) | -1.8% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- thecattlesite.com: https://www.thecattlesite.com/news/57384/argentine-farmers-consider-grains-strike-over-beef-export-cap/

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