Argentina Standoff Continues
Argentine government and farmers are continuing their standoff over export taxes. Argentine military police clashed with farmers who staged a road blockade to protest, USAgNet said. Military police scuffled with farmers as they tried to remove the protesters from a road they blocked with their trucks.
It was the worst day of violence in the 95- day conflict, which started in March over a new 44% commodities tax that farmers say unfairly cuts their profits at a time of record gains. Argentina is the worlds second- largest corn exporter, and third-largest soy bean supplier.