Citrus in Argentina: 2024 assessment and challenges for 2025

Diana Chediack, who belongs to a family of producers with 45 years of experience, reflected the feeling of many producers in the region: the need to reinvent themselves in order not to be mired in that arena. “The situation of poor lemon prices and business led us to produce at a loss in recent years,” she said. Faced with this reality, Chediack decided to diversify her crops, abandoning citrus to invest in pecan plantations, a booming crop in Tucumán and the NOA, she said. “I have plants that date back 10 and 15 years, and my challenge is to achieve the best possible yield,” she said, highlighting that she uses the same machinery and irrigation system that she used in citrus farming. “I know producers who also opted for sugar cane, and there are abandoned farms, which generates phytosanitary risks due to the lack of spraying,” she added. Chediack's diagnosis of Tucumán citrus farming is clear: “The situation is very complicated.” “I can't quite understand why, although there are ...