After struggling a bit last week, Nicolás Pino accepted the government's explanation and realigned himself: &#822

"40% of the reduction in withholdings was taken advantage of by producers," said Nicolás Pino, president of the Argentine Rural Society (SRA), during his visit to the Choele Choel Rural Exhibition over the weekend, as reported by the Neuquén media outlet Más Producción. This statement fully aligns him with the official discourse following the scandal caused by the sudden reduction of agricultural withholdings to 0%, which lasted only 48 hours and was monopolized by large agro-export groups. Pino, who had previously expressed dismay over the situation and demanded that the government extend the benefit until the end of October so more producers could sell their grains at a better price, seemed to have dropped this demand over the weekend, in line with the preaching of Juan Pazo, the head of ARCA and the main architect of the government's production policy. This official argues that part of the sudden elimination of withholdings will eventually trickle down to primary producers, ...