Low Retentions: Unrest in the Countryside Grows After the Government Reverses
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Representatives of the sector said that the relationship with the government is still good and there is dialogue, but that they need certainties to produce, in a context of "zero return in many cases." The president of the Argentine Rural Confederations (CRA), Carlos Castagnani, expressed the unrest generated in the countryside by the decision of the National Government not to extend the reduction of retentions for products such as soybeans and …
The Field, Again on Alert: Grumbles at the Official Brake at the Drop of Retentions for Soy and Corn
The government’s decision not to extend the reduction in the retentions for soybeans and maize unleashed a new front of tension with the countryside. Carlos Castagnani, president of the Argentine Rural Confederations (CRA), was one of the first to put into words the discontent of the sector. “We hoped that the measure would be maintained by the current context. With international prices low, high domestic costs and strong tax pressure, this furt…


Carlos Castagnani, president of the Argentine Rural Confederations (CRA), spoke of the unrest generated in the countryside by the decision of the national government not to extend the reduction of retentions for products such as soy and maize. “We hoped that the measure would be maintained because of the current context. With international prices low, high domestic costs and strong tax pressure, this further aggravates the situation,” he warned.…
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