Comments on: Seven Questions for an Argentine Farmer http://www.argentinepost.com/2008/03/seven-questions-for-an-argentine-farmer.html Information & Insight on Argentina Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:25:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Taos Turner http://www.argentinepost.com/2008/03/seven-questions-for-an-argentine-farmer.html#comment-137 Taos Turner Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:38:00 +0000 http://argentinepost.com/?p=83#comment-137 Hey Mike. <br/><br/>True. But I wasn't saying that Argentina is the world's leading soybeans producer. My point was that Argentina depends on revenue from soybeans in much the same way that Saudi Arabia depends on oil for its revenue. <br/><br/>For anyone interested, the U.S. Department of Agriculture expects 2007-08 world soybean production to look like this:<br/><br/>U.S. 70.4 million metric tons<br/>Brazil 61 million metric tons<br/>Argentina 47 million metric tons<br/><br/>That means these three countries along account for 81% of all the soybeans produced in the world.<br/><br/>Argentina is also the world's No. 2 corn producer (21 million metric tons compared with 332 million in the U.S.) and a top 10 wheat exporter (15 million tons compared with 56.25 million in the U.S.)<br/><br/>Cheers,<br/>Taos Hey Mike.

True. But I wasn’t saying that Argentina is the world’s leading soybeans producer. My point was that Argentina depends on revenue from soybeans in much the same way that Saudi Arabia depends on oil for its revenue.

For anyone interested, the U.S. Department of Agriculture expects 2007-08 world soybean production to look like this:

U.S. 70.4 million metric tons
Brazil 61 million metric tons
Argentina 47 million metric tons

That means these three countries along account for 81% of all the soybeans produced in the world.

Argentina is also the world’s No. 2 corn producer (21 million metric tons compared with 332 million in the U.S.) and a top 10 wheat exporter (15 million tons compared with 56.25 million in the U.S.)

Cheers,
Taos

]]> By: yanqui mike http://www.argentinepost.com/2008/03/seven-questions-for-an-argentine-farmer.html#comment-127 yanqui mike Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:48:00 +0000 http://argentinepost.com/?p=83#comment-127 Good post. Thanks. Saudi Arabia of Soya might be a little strong, tho. The US is far and away the biggest exporter of soy with Brasil being second. We are proudly a only recent third. Good post. Thanks. Saudi Arabia of Soya might be a little strong, tho. The US is far and away the biggest exporter of soy with Brasil being second. We are proudly a only recent third.

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