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South America-Mexico university & agri expo (June-July)

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June–July 2026 linked engineering education, women in STEM, community projects and agribusiness across Chile, Argentina and Mexico. Argentina’s 138th Exposición Rural in Palermo (16‑26 July) continued to draw attracted over one‑million visitors, showcase showcased champion livestock, agro‑tech and cultural programs, programmes, and serve served as a platform for policy dialogue. dialogue platform. President Javier Milei’s closing speech reiterated Milei opened the aim of fully removing fair, calling export retentions, while confirming no new measures would be announced at the fair. retentions an “aberration” and reaffirming a phased elimination. He later outlined detailed a gradual reduction schedule for export taxes on soy, corn, wheat and barley, cutting that will lower the soy export tax from 33 % to 24 % and to 15 % by December 2028, and corn from 12 % to 8.5 5.5 % by December 2028, with wheat and later barley also moving to a final 5.5 %. The administration also removed % rate. Milei linked the cuts to expected growth in energy and mining exports and reiterated the removal of the foreign‑exchange cap, labeling it which he described as the market’s biggest theft. He also promoted a draft private‑property inviolability law projected to draw about US$15 billion for agro‑linked industries, noting record harvests and a surge in beef‑export earnings. Sociedad Rural Argentina president Nicolás Pino used both the opening and closing ceremonies to demand a permanent legal abolition of all retentions, citing US$215 billion paid since 2002 and recent US$6 billion cuts that have spurred investment in genetics, pastures and machinery. He highlighted the sector’s US$83 billion output and four‑million jobs, and called for greater infrastructure investment and a private‑property inviolability law projected to attract US$15 billion. investment. The expo featured saw a 10 % growth rise in exhibitors, with over 400 commercial stands, 4,500 animal exhibitors and 2,500 livestock specimens. City officials promoted it as an innovation hub: Innovation was foregrounded: Valtra displayed new A5‑series tractors and the PTx Farm Engage digital platform, while 70 % of Argentina’s agro‑industrial firms are based in Buenos Aires and two‑thirds of local startups operate in the Innovation Park. Valtra demonstrated new A5‑series tractors and the PTx Farm Engage digital platform, underscoring the sector’s push toward greater efficiency and digital integration. Women‑in‑agriculture panels, green‑financing schemes with The Nature Conservancy, and the Integral Bovine Genomics Program remained key complementary initiatives throughout the fair.

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  1. 2026-07-26 20:27 UTC South America-Mexico university & agri expo (June-July)
  2. 2026-07-26 19:17 UTC South America-Mexico university & agri expo (June-July)
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  5. 2026-07-25 23:18 UTC South America-Mexico university & agri expo (June-July)

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