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Viewing cable 08BUENOSAIRES435, ARGENTINA: Ambassador Discusses Farm Strike with

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08BUENOSAIRES435 2008-04-08 14:59 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Buenos Aires
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INFO RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
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RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON DC
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UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000435 
 
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PASS USTR FOR DUCKWORTH 
PASS USDA FOR FAS 
USDOC FOR 4322/ITA/MAC/OLAC/PEACHER 
US SOUTHCOM FOR POLAD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA: Ambassador Discusses Farm Strike with 
Agricultural Producer 
 
REF:  BUENOS AIRES 0415, 0421, 0408 
 
1. (SBU) Summary:  Ambassador met with one of the largest soybean 
producers in Argentina the day after the agricultural strike was 
suspended for 30 days.  Government supporters have responded to the 
agricultural strike by attacking large producers and soybean 
production in general.  The agricultural sector is, however, much 
more united and organized than prior to the strike, this producer 
says, and, the strike could easily be resumed at the end of the 
current 30-day suspension.  The producer also has a high profile 
operation to produce soybeans in Venezuela.  It is not fairing well. 
 End Summary 
 
2.  (SBU) Ambassador met April 3 with Gustavo Grobocopatel, the 
General Manager of Los Grobo, one of the largest soybean producers 
in Argentina, to discuss the state of play in Argentina's 
agricultural sector following the suspension of the farm strike the 
previous day.  Los Grobo is a diversified company that manages over 
110,000 hectares of land in Argentina and 40,000 hectares in Uruguay 
and Paraguay (as well as operations in Venezuela and Brazil).  Los 
Grobo has had excellent relations with the GoA, which has cited thecompany in the past as an example to follow in the area of 
management and technological innovation.  Mr. Grobocopatel was 
selected as businessman of the year for 2007 by a local business 
magazine. 
 
3. (SBU) Mr. Grobocopatel was concerned by attacks directed at him 
by GoA supporters during the strike that accused large 
"oligopolistic" producers like him of being unwilling to share 
"inordinate" profits they derive from exporting soybeans at current 
historically high international agricultural commodity prices.  He 
said he had tried to keep a low profile during the strike, which he 
believed truly represented a groundswell of opposition from all 
parts of the rural sector to this latest increase in GoA export 
taxes, but he had felt compelled to speak out in defense of a sector 
he believes essential to Argentina's future. 
 
4. (SBU) Grobocopatel noted that the strike has placed local 
government officials in a difficult position: while often supporters 
of the national government, they were under heavy pressure by their 
constituents to support the strike.  These officials were pressing 
the provincial governors to seek a solution to the strike.  The 
rural sector is now much more organized and active than any time in 
the past, facilitated in part by the widespread use of mobile 
telecommunications.  New farm leaders have emerged as a result of 
the strike, and they appear to be much more articulate and less 
ideological than traditional farm leaders. 
 
5. (SBU) Grobocopatel was surprised by the strong attacks against 
the dramatically expanded production of soybeans in Argentina, as 
the government justified the increase in the export tax as a means 
to avoid the development of a soy monoculture.  The GoA accused 
highly efficient and technologically dependent large-scale soybean 
production of destroying employment and causing the problems faced 
by small producers.  He blamed part of this criticism on a lack of 
knowledge of the sector by GoA officials.  He called expanded 
soybean production a major contributor to Argentina's post-crisis 
economic recovery and argued that taxes on soybean exports had made 
it possible for the GoA to pay off its IMF debt. 
 
6. (SBU) Los Grobo has been expanding in other countries in the 
region with very successful investments in Brazil and a high profile 
GoA-supported venture with the Venezuelan Government to produce 
soybeans in Venezuela.  When asked about this venture, Grobocopatel 
said the operation was not going well.  His business model is based 
on working with a network of suppliers and contractors to provide 
inputs and operate farm machinery under contract, but this basic 
network does not exist in Venezuela.  Even with government support, 
he has found it almost impossible to operate in Venezuela. 
 
7. (SBU) When asked about the future of the farm strike, Mr. 
Grobocopatel called the current suspension of the farm strike 
temporary and argued it could easily be resumed at the end of the 
30-day suspension.  He said farmers were anxious at this time to 
return to their farms and harvest their crops (the strike has 
delayed the harvest of corn and soybeans by two weeks). But he said 
farm organizations had established a coordinating committee which 
appears to have staying power to help farmers negotiate in a more 
 
united way with the GoA and to resist GoA efforts to divide and 
conquer. 
 
8. (SBU) COMMENT:  The dispute between the GoA and the rural sector 
is currently on hold, pending negotiation which will reportedly 
start this week, but the strike could easily start again at the end 
of the 30-day suspension.  It appears that large, highly efficient 
producers will continue to be subject to attacks by government 
supporters.  At present, the pro-GoA truckers union is blockading a 
Grobocopatel plant, supposedly because workers are not being paid 
full benefits.  While the GoA is seeking outside investment, these 
high-profile attacks on successful local businesses can only make 
this task more difficult.  END COMMENT 
 
WAYNE