Argentina-Farmers take their Beef to Congress.

Farmers who have been confronting the government for over a year yesterday came out disappointed from the fourth meeting with ministers in as many weeks and called on grassroots for a new plan to fight for lower export duties, pinning its hopes in Congress, which despite several defections is still controlled by the Victory Front of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. "Regrettably, the government’s main priority is revenue. As from this moment the (farmers’) liaison board sets the debate in Congress as one of its main priorities," Eduardo Buzzi, one of Argentina’s more well-known farm leaders, told reporters after the meeting between the farmers and Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo, Production Minister Débora Giorgi and Agriculture Secretary Carlos Cheppi.

Randazzo has already underlined that the ruling party will not facilitate quorum for the debate.

Mario Llambías, head of the Argentine Agrarian Confederation (CRA), said that during the meeting the government "made it only too clear that it would not lower duties."