Argentina Harvest Underway

The Argentine tea harvest in Misiones (above) and Corrientes provinces begins in November.
MISIONES Picada

"At that price you have to be a driver of the truck, climb the combine, you have to do everything," producer Cristian Klingbeil told El Territorio. The Agrarian Federation in Misiones estimated that producing a kilo of tea in 2016 cost 4.37 pesos (25 cents).

According to press reports José Luis Garay, Minister of Agriculture and Production, highlighted the quality and positioning of Argentine tea in the world and added that "the great challenge we have as a government and with an important group of industrialists is to see how we operate with our product in the international market."
achieve the certification of quality and responsibility standards, social and environmental issues that are internationally recognized. This not only implies guaranteeing the safety of the product, but also improves working and environmental conditions in the establishments of the producers and in the tea-making plants."

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