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In Argentina, producers are not taking advantage of the windfall in world prices

2022-05-19T17:52:37.284Z


REPORT - In question in particular, the conflict in Europe which has caused the price of fuel and especially fertilizers to jump, of which Russia is the second largest exporter in the world.


Pujato (Santa Fe province)

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“These are opportunities that pass once every ten years… Already, in 2012, we hadn't been able to take advantage of them,”

laments Carlos Ferrari, sitting up in his chair.

From his kitchen window in the locality of Pujato, one can see three silos filled with freshly harvested soybeans.

However, despite the soaring price of oilseeds - more than 27% increase since the beginning of the year - accentuated by the war in Ukraine, this farmer from the province of Santa Fe, the productive heart of Argentina, looks gray.

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“It is true that the prices are good… But fortunately, because without that we would be in total bankruptcy at the moment!”

exclaims the sixty-year-old, opening his arms to designate the farm of a hundred hectares which he operates with his brother Roberto.

"Between the lack of rainfall, taxes and the cost of inputs, we wouldn't have made it,"

he insists.

To the drought and the strong heat of the beginning of the year, which…

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Source: lefigaro

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