In the Chaco mountains, cattle ranching evolves through passion and knowledge.

Livestock farming—like football, music, and other passions—always finds a way to take root in Argentine territory. The province of Chaco, with its challenging environments and resilient population, perfectly illustrates this maxim. In the bush, with a rigorous and extreme climate, producers embody a silent transformation, driven by the incorporation of technology, the professionalization of the youth, and a renewed optimism after years of drought. “My entire life has been linked to livestock farming,” summarizes Carlos Humberto Pérez, a veterinarian and producer from the Bermejo department, who until recently was in charge of the family establishment and now advises his children, who formed a partnership to continue the activity. “Chaco has improved a lot in genetics, much has been invested, and there is progress, but I remain convinced that the basis of everything is feeding. In livestock farming, as in humans, if you don’t eat well, you don’t perform,” he affirms with the ...