Argentina has been a very good experience. Yesterday we met with the American Chamber of Commerce and several government officials. It was interesting to hear the perspectives of the American businesses that are located in Argentina. We met with the Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Agriculture. We also had lunch with several Senators from the Argentine Congress with heavy interests in agriculture. It was a very good discussion between the Senators from the two countries.

Today we visited a 9000 acre ranch outside Buenos Aires. We saw crops of corn, wheat, soybeans and even blueberries. They also raise Angus beef cattle and Argentine Criollo horses. We also saw their herd of embryo-receptor cows devoted to the transgenic cattle project which is used for the production of biomedicines in milk. Many of you might recognize this as similar to what Trans-Ova Genetics in Sioux Center is a part of.

We'll be back to Washington, D.C. tomorrow. I hope my blog has given you a little bit of a perspective of our trip. I think we fostered a relationship with many government officials in both Brazil and Argentina so we have a better understanding of each other's views on many issues.