#1. Yep, we're running out of beef.
#2. No other latina cows could better understand an Uruguayan cow than an Argentine cows (they both speak "rioplatense.")
#3. Everything that Hiddy said.

The Ag minister is going to announce Friday whether Argentina will eliminate beef exports altogether. Price controls are suddenly being vigorously enforced at cattle auctions and at meatpackers and all retail locations. Ranchers will probably be promised some sort of rebate or tax deduction to keep them selling at these low prices so that there won't be a spike in retail beef prices before the elections in 2012. After that, however, the national herd will be in bad shape to supply the biggest beef eating country in the world and resume our traditional seat among the great beef exporters.

I have a pretty big herd down here; I'm thinking that I might actually get a fair price someday!