The agricultural week, between the anticipation for Trump's announcements and the beginning of the soybean planting

U.S. President Donald Trump considered the possibility of increasing imports of Argentine beef. In a dialogue with the American press, he acknowledged that "the only price we have high is meat and we will lower it. And one of the things we are thinking about is Argentine beef." The president's statements did not go unnoticed in the Argentine agribusiness sector. For the national meatpacking industry, between January and August 2025, the U.S. market positioned itself as the third in volume and the fourth in revenue, according to data from the Chamber of the Meat Industry and Trade (CICCRA). According to reports, Trump will quadruple beef imports with low tariffs from Argentina. As a reminder, our country has an annual quota of 20,000 tons with zero tariff to the United States and if this projection is met, it will increase to 80,000 tons annually, a figure that at current values would represent an additional income of USD 300 million in foreign currency. "In Argentina we have no ...