What can go wrong if there is hope? The dairy cooperative of Colonia Aurora, in Misiones, has turned 15 years old, which began together

In Colonia Aurora, a town located on the banks of the Uruguay River and near the neighboring country of Brazil, dairy farming is emerging as an activity among producers who previously dedicated themselves almost exclusively to tobacco production. In this context, the Cooperativa Agropecuaria Esperanza Km 7 Ltda. recently celebrated 15 years of work adding value to the local milk production. The entity is considered a model of associative production in one of the non-traditional dairy basins of Argentine milk. Antonio Da Camargo, one of the founders and current president of the cooperative, recalls those first steps in an interview with Bichos de Campo. “We started in 2010 with the support of the Secretariat of Family Agriculture, INTA, and the municipality. We were 15 families who began to travel an unknown path.” “For a few months, we collected milk with a producer’s Ford Falcon until we could later incorporate a truck,” recounts the cooperative’s leader. In its beginnings, they ...