Cooperativism, Rapeseed, and Pigs: The triple C applied in Aranguren to provide competitive options to its 700 producers.

The cooperative of producers in Aranguren, in Entre Ríos, has been developing a diversified strategy for more than a decade to support its more than 700 associated producers, combining alternative crops such as canola with an innovative integration model in pork production. Marcelo Pagliaruzza, manager of the entity, detailed in an interview with Bichos de Campo both the work on the revaluation of canola and the strong growth of the pork business. “We developed canola. We started cultivating canola in the 2010/11 season. We had previously faced problems of market intervention during the Kirchnerism, so we developed alternative crops such as canola,” he recalled. In those early years, marketing was a limitation, but the scenario changed over time. “At one point there were problems with marketing, there was only one buyer, then he withdrew. But today I would say that canola has become commoditized because there are several buyers and it can be marketed perfectly.” The last campaign ...