The 2023 edition of Expoagro YPF Agro will remain in Argentine memory as the edition where metalworking, biotechnology, the financial sector and services understood agriculture as an integral, systemic concept, where respect for people and the environment also begins to occupy the center of actions and not declamations.
This is the case of Nutrien, where Marcelo Cohen, in charge of operations in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, commented that “our comprehensive solutions with the assistance network allow us to integrate producers into the knowledge revolution, amazing in speed; integrating the operations of the assets acquired, completing the opening of new commercial units, strengthening the business model, as well as analyzing opportunities”.
Limagrain exposed its seeds for all the Argentine regional economies.
Now agriculture for large companies is inconceivable without bidirectional research, “supported by an Evaluation Network, this application generates specific hybrid recommendations to maximize yields in environments based on crop performance within the producer’s rotation” and highlighted that “ExpoAgro was the setting for the demonstration in the plot of a more versatile portfolio, even for the dry one” Francisco Pérez Brea director of NK.
VEGETABLES
Concept in which Xavier Sesat, manager of Lemagrain -LG- “is a French cooperative from which it spread in half a century to more than 60 nations. We are leaders in vegetable seeds and thanks to our bidirectional research we are international leaders with Vilmori brands and HM Clause and we also have a third division that is baking. With HM Clause we respond to the world demand for melon as in San Juan.”
From New Holland, Gabriel Tranchoni, commercial director of the company, highlighted “the role of artificial intelligence in the new combines and autonomous machinery, robots that also integrate a remote assistance network for remote prevention assistance for machines produced in Ferreyra, Córdoba In addition, we already have electric and methane gas technological models to neutralize CO2”.
Advanta surprised with its sorghum beer in the middle of a heat wave: “We have contributed to this program to develop a calculator for sorghum seed production and to determine the carbon footprint of Advanta’s sorghum hybrids,” explained Tomás Sundblad, development director for the Americas, confirming “that San Juan is on our map. This cycle was very similar here.”
And finally, financing for SMEs exists, as Silvia Tenasina from Banco Santander Río stated categorically: “they have a lot of banks because Argentina is an SME. Our country is based on SMEs with a social network with talented people who fight every day and that is why we work with some 320,000 small and medium-sized companies”.
THE NUMBERS OF THE FIELD
- 115 Millions of US$ are invested by LG in research and development with a worldwide network of laboratories. It is 15% of your annual investment.
- 10 These are the years that the Ferreyra plant, Córdoba, of the CNH group with CASE New Holland and Fiat, among other brands, celebrates this year.
- 110 thousand producers serve the company Nutrien in Latin America with a total of 3,800 collaborators. 1,000 are field professionals
- 180 Years of life has the Case brand in the world of the right tools to help the farmer in the task of producing with quality.
US$ 1.2 billion in agribusiness
More than 100,000 visitors toured the exhibition and generated some US$ 1,200 million in business, 23 countries, representatives of 18 embassies, 8 international chambers of commerce and close to 80,000 auctioned head of cattle, position Expoagro 2023 edition YPF Agro as an exponent of the push of the national agribusiness, even in a complex context.
In a complex sector scenario, Expoagro demonstrated, once again, that the Argentine agro-industrial ecosystem has the potential to boost the economy and international projection hand in hand with innovation and local know-how.
Patricio Frydman, Exponenciar’s Commercial Manager, highlighted that “the exhibitors agreed that the business carried out was above their expectations, considering the climatic-economic context.”
In this framework, Frydman highlighted that, although the context is adverse, “we believe that these days we have created an oasis of optimism, and we are proud to know that the producers have felt this positive energy in each interaction.” And he added: “This result is the result of the effort and dedication of our team, as well as the support and trust of the exhibitors. We will continue working hard to maintain this level of excellence and continue to exceed expectations in the future.”
BANKS
Banking entities, 10 public and private banks arrived at Expoagro 2023 YPF Agro edition with more than 30 proposals for the sector. Until the early hours of Friday afternoon, Banco Provincia, Expoagro’s main sponsor, registered more than 3,900 pre-applications for machinery credit for $164 billion, despite the drought. The producers chose to invest driven by the rates from 38% annual of the entity.
