South America's sleeping giant awakens

Gregor Heard
Updated March 6 2019 - 10:53am, first published 10:00am
Ramiro Costa, of the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange, says Argentina's grain production could grow faster than expected with boosts to logistics and technology.
Ramiro Costa, of the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange, says Argentina's grain production could grow faster than expected with boosts to logistics and technology.

ARGENTINA, the South American nation with boundless agricultural potential that has been not been fully realised due primarily to political instability, has awoken from its slumber and could potentially improve its grain production by up to 16 per cent above current growth forecasts, taking total all grain production as high as 173 million tonnes.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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