There are around 190,000 ranchers in the country. We don't really have control over pricing. The market is totally dependent on supply and demand. |
This is a very tough blow to the sector ... If Argentina withdraws from markets at this time, a lot of those markets will be difficult to recover because other countries will capture them. |
To increase production and boost supply we need a series of long-term policies that would increase investment. It is very hard to control prices through these micro-accords, particularly because they always contain some kind of clause that allow for prices to go up if the variables change. |