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Beef producers in Argentina are concerned about the future of the sector

Frozen Bone-In Beef
Argentina
Published Dec 8, 2022

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The Argentine Chamber of Beef Producers expressed its concern about the situation facing the productive sector and the lack of clear responses from the State. They ask for an agricultural emergency to be declared and real measures to help producers be articulated.

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"During the last 11 months, all the indicators clearly show a decoupling between the values of the farm, inputs, final products and inflation," they said from the Argentine Chamber of Beef Producers in a statement released this Wednesday. . The document indicates that the year-on-year adjustment of the INMAG (Agricultural Market Steer Index) barely reaches 30%, while inputs have marked adjustments of more than 60%, even reaching values above inflation in most cases, which according to data officers accumulates 87% in said period. "The prolonged drought - added the statement - still affects most of the national territory and the productive prospects for the coming years will be limited after the reduction in pregnancies, the decrease in weaned kilos and the drop in fattening, which added at prices well below costs will undermine the viability of production”. In short, from the Chamber they ask the competent authorities "to act accordingly by declaring an agricultural emergency and ...
Source: ARabc
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