Carlos Achetoni was concerned about the situation in the field. “We don’t want to hear a battery of announcements,” he said before meeting with the government.
For iProfessional
01/20/2023 – 10:58 a.m.
The President of the Agrarian Federation, Carlos Achetonispoke about the severe drought that is plaguing the country and revealed his expectations for the meeting that he will hold with the Minister of Economy Sergio Massa and his team at the INTA Experimental Station in Castellar.
“It is a rather atypical climatic situation, there have always been droughts and floods, but never that big. In some areas everything has already been lost“Achetoni warned.
Likewise, he added that in the region there are also shortages of rains, dry and late frosts that generate an “unfavorable” national context, and anticipated that next year will be complex in terms of livestock and agriculture.
“The impact of the drought will bring consequences for next year in the livestock sector“, indicated the head of the Agrarian Federation in dialogue with radio La990.
Millionaires loses
In addition, he lamented: “So far, half of the wheat has been lost, and corn is at stake, and second-rate soybeans are depending on whether there is rain. In some areas, everything has already been lost.”
Achetoni next to the Liaison Table participates in the meeting together with government officials to establish assistance mechanisms for producers affected by the climatic phenomenon that not only complicates agriculture but also livestock and regional economies. Present with Massa are the Secretary for Agriculture, Juan José Bahillo, and for Industry, José Ignacio de Mendiguren. Also authorities of the Investment and Foreign Trade Bank (BICE) and Banco Nación.
“In some areas everything has already been lost”, Achetoni’s crude diagnosis of the drought hit
“We don’t know what the government can offer because We haven’t had a chance to talk beforehand.that is why we warn that we do not want to go and listen to a battery of announcements,” said the agrarian owner in the previous meeting.
Along the same lines, he added: “We ask, taking advantage of the fact that people froml Bank Nationthat there are no suffocations in the credits that are going to expire, and that there is the possibility of generating soft loans with long payment times to put the possibility of producing for the following year back together”.
Finally, he revealed that the most affected sectors Because of the situation, they are the producers who work on rented land, and he questioned the withholdings. “You have to understand that comparing a flood, a dry one, is very difficult because before withholdings were not paid and that was left to the producer’s back,” he concluded.
