In Argentina, farm groups call for trade halt to protest government

FILE PHOTO: An agricultural worker checks a seeder before sowing wheat on farmland in Comodoro Py, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina June 21, 2022. Picture taken June 21, 2022. REUTERS/Matias Baglietto

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's major farm groups called for a trade strike in two weeks in a bid to pressure the government to do more as frustration over crippling shortages of diesel and fertilizers weighs on the country's key agricultural sector.

The groups announced on Wednesday that the nationwide halt to farm exports will begin on July 13 and last 24 hours, according to sector officials and a statement from the Mesa de Enlace which includes the country's four main rural associations.