Wednesday Mar 29, 2023 - Argentina - Sharing military tech with Brazil, Wine growers have a pest, Champion horse new career

These are the trending news headlines in Argentina on Wednesday March 29, 2023

Argentina and Brazil have signed a letter of intent to share military technology by incorporating 156 Guaraní 6×6 armored combat vehicles to the Argentine Army’s fleet. The deal will enable both countries to conduct combined military operations with an efficient asset and contribute to stability in the region. Of the 156 units Argentina seeks to acquire, 120 are personnel carriers with machine gun towers, 27 are infantry combat vehicles with gun towers, and nine are Command Post vehicles. The contract is between Argentina’s Army and the Brazilian vehicle manufacturer, and production of the vehicle includes parts manufactured in Argentina in the motor vehicle factory IVECO, located in Córdoba province. The signed letter of intent includes the transfer of technology for the progressive increase of parts manufacturing in Argentina, logistics support, and training of Army crews and technical personnel, which is seen as a real incentive for Argentina's defense industry.

Winegrowers in Argentina's Mendoza region are battling a formidable pest: ants. The ants, which can lift 10-50 times their body weight, devour the green parts of the vines, making photosynthesis tricky and ripening berries impossible. With 28 ant species in the region, including one with a particularly nasty bite, some growers report a reduction of yield. The problem is particularly acute in organic vineyards, which offer fewer ways to combat pests. Winegrowers are experimenting with methods such as destroying anthills by hand, but no solution has yet proved entirely effective. The hunt continues for an eco-friendly solution to this pest problem.

Argentinian champion Horse and U.S. Grade I winner Ivar (Brz) is set to begin his new career as a stud in Buenos Aires, Argentina next month. The 7-year-old will stand at Haras Carampangue, where he will join four other stallions. Breeders in Argentina are already eager to send their mares to Ivar, and Bonne Chance Farm CEO Alberto Figueiredo estimated that the new stallion will breed around 140 mares in his first season. Ivar's breeder and co-owner Stud Rio Dois Irmaos has retained a 55% ownership share in the stallion, but the syndicate also includes several other farms. Ivar was campaigned by Kentucky-based Bonne Chance Farm and its South American partner Stud RDI before retiring following his second-place finish in the GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational S.

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