2025 began with disturbing news from the field for him Government. In a coordinated scrum, agricultural entities from different parts of the country came out to demand the end of withholdings and protested the “suffocation” that the sector is going through, enhanced by adverse weather conditions. That request was echoed among some governors, who raised their voices against the Casa Rosada.
Specifically, the agricultural riot causes concern in the libertarian ranks, since it is one of the areas that showed the greatest sympathy for the administration of Javier Milei. However, after the first year of management, what were overlapping complaints now became a problem that calls into question the link between both parties, forcing the Nation to offer answers in this regard.
“The countryside cannot continue subsidizing the Buenos Aires suburbs”
Provincial chiefs from the Central Region joined this scenario, catalyzing the claims and adding pressure to Milei. One of the first to speak out was the boss of Santa Fe, Maximiliano Pullarowho, in harsh terms, stated that “Argentina is no longer going with the withholding scheme it has,” while asking to “discuss the country’s balance system.”
“The countryside cannot continue subsidizing the Buenos Aires suburbs, that unproductive sector of the Argentine Republic, which generates a very large cost,” Pullaro protested in dialogue with the press. He also said that “the interior provinces, the productive sectors, the rural and industrial sectors, which are the most dynamic and put the most effort into moving forward, “they cannot continue supporting the unproductive sectors of the country.”
On the other hand, the radical leader explained that Santa Fe “contributes between four and five billion per year in withholdings” and that “if those resources remained here, they would undoubtedly go to reinvestment constantly. “Our farmers, our farmers, are not people who take their money abroad or take it to tax havens. They are people who buy a truck, machinery, people who invest in construction, people who move the economy”concluded the governor.
The president made the statements when leading the signing of the act that began the construction of the third lane of the Rosario-Santa Fe Highway. This is the 16 km stretch between Av. Circunvalación de Rosario and the access to the city of San Lorenzo. In this way he came out to exhibit public works and contrasted with the libertarian administration in the run-up to an election that will be key. The province split the elections and will have PASO on April 12, inaugurating the electoral calendar.
“Argentina has time to avoid a deep crisis”
The Santa Fe unrest was joined by its neighbor from Córdoba, Martin Llaryora. On his social networks, the Mediterranean warned that “Argentina has time to avoid a deep crisis that hits its productive interior” and stated that “the time for the field has arrived.”
“We support the legitimate claim of agricultural entities, which demand that the national government take concrete measures to face this difficult situation”expressed the Peronist chief.
Along these lines, he clarified that ““The countryside urgently needs a reduction in withholdings on exports, allowing these resources to return to this thriving productive sector.” He also recalled that since the implementation of withholdings, “Córdoba contributed billions of dollars.” “Can you imagine what our province would be if that money remained in the hands of those who invest, generate employment and develop our communities?” he asked.
At the end of the publication, Llaryora said that “it is time to alleviate the burden borne by the countryside, a sector that also faces the drop in international prices.” “We must get the hell out of the countryside and release all its productive capacity in favor of Argentina,” he concluded.
Precisely, the Cordoba Liaison Table was one of the harshest in its demands to the Nation. This Tuesday, in a statement, the entity considered that Subjecting the review of the withholding scheme to other macroeconomic achievements “is not realizing that the agricultural sector is the engine that drives the country from within, towards a path of sustainable and healthy growth.”
Likewise, he pointed out that the export tax “puts at serious risk the survival of producers and their companies that year after year bet on the future of Argentina, investing to the limit of their economic and financial possibilities.”
Last October, Governor Llaryora had received the agricultural representatives of the province. After the meeting, the president demanded a gradual reduction in withholdings, arguing that this would allow the money to remain in the hands of the producers. “so that they can generate more investments with the transformation of raw materials, where biofuels play a central role in adding value to primary production.”
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“We will continue working together to achieve these common objectives that will create more jobs for the people of Córdoba and development for our province,” said the provincial head on the occasion.
It is worth remembering that both Maximiliano Pullaro as Martin Llaryora make up the Central Region. The province that completes the alliance is Between Riversgoverned by Rogelio Frigeriofrom the PRO. The demand for the elimination of withholdings is one of the main axes of the space, along with the requests for the debts of the pension funds that the Nation maintains with its districts.
In fact, last year, Frigerio had celebrated the Government’s decision to eliminate export duties on products in the cow category and the pork and dairy chain, as well as the 25% reduction in withholdings for different meat chains. . “The elimination of withholdings is a historical debt that we have with the countryside. These measures are an important step to alleviate our productive sector, which, as always, will once again take our country forward”highlighted
The same thing happened at the beginning of 2024, when the governor of Mendoza, Alfredo Cornejoannounced the end of wine retentions, after reaching an agreement with the libertarian administration.
Source: Ambito
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