Argentina-Farmers Strike over today Saturday 28 March until it starts all over again.

Argentine farmers said they would end a strike on Friday but their leaders were already considering new protests against the soy export taxes that have fueled a year-long conflict with the center-left government.

Farmers in the agricultural powerhouse halted sales of soybeans, other crops and livestock for seven days, bringing local grains and cattle markets to a standstill and helping drive U.S. soy futures to a five-week high this week.

Despite the end of the strike, farm leaders vowed to continue their protests against the soy levies as the country prepares for mid-term elections in June, seen as a key test for President Cristina Fernandez.

"Today the protest ends, but our demands still stand," Eduardo Buzzi, president of the Argentine Agrarian Federation, told local radio.

Buzzi met with the leaders of the country’s other three main farming groups to discuss what new measures to take.

In an interview

Buzzi said farmers see the June 28 Congressional vote to renew half the lower house and a third of the Senate as a chance to build political support to reform the soy export taxes.

Farmers are trying to get lawmakers to back an opposition bill to lower the soy levy, but the ruling party’s congressional majority has allowed government allies to block the proposal.

U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday

, with expectation over the end of the strike in Argentina contributing to the losses.

Argentina is the world’s No. 3 soybean exporter, after the United States and Brazil, and it is the leading supplier of soyoil and soymeal.

This year’s harvest began in recent weeks and output is set to fall from last year’s 46.2 million tonnes due to a harsh drought that battered the wheat and corn crops.