Panic Sweeps Argentine Pampas as Farmers’ Old Nemesis Returns
- Specter of interventionism is spurring shift from corn to soy
- ‘It could be a train wreck,’ head of farm cooperative says
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All across the Pampas, in one wind-swept little farming town after another, a sense of dread has suddenly set in.
Mauricio Macri, the man who championed the cause of the Argentine farmer, is almost certain to lose his re-election bid in October and will hand back the presidency to the leftist party that tormented the region for years. A primary vote held a few weeks ago made that clear.