It is easy to see the damage the policies of the Kirchner government have inflicted on the Argentine agricultural sector. The heretofore large export taxes starved it of capital. Most farmers have not been able to make the investments they need in equipment, fertilizers, conservation, agrichemical, and storage facilities.The first thing one learns when visiting Argentina is that farmers and others in the agricultural sector are suddenly very optimistic in the wake of the new export policies for agricultural commodities established by the government of President Mauricio Macri. No longer does this sector see the government as the enemy as they did under President Cristina Kirchner. Instead, it views the government as an ally. Farmers now hav...

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