“What are we doing?”: Scandal at a business meeting after a spicy raised to close a meat promotion institute

A Great stir and short circuit occurred yesterday at the meeting of the Meat table, that integrates the entire meat chain, after one of those present questioned The benefit of having in operation an organism like the Institute for the Promotion of Argentine Vaccine (IPCVA). This happens in the midst of the president Javier Milei, with the power granted by the Base law, You have to eliminate or merge about 50 entities in general. The IPCVA, created by Law 25,507 of 2001, is a non -state public law entity. Receives contributions from the farmers for the most part and after the industry. He could rebuild The nation, The main reason for the face -to -face and virtual meeting was to analyze the problem of a Ironed livestock stock, where four decades ago there were 50 million heads and currently continues the same number, when the population doubled in the country. They discussed that That complex situation was not good for producers, industry, consumers, or government.It was there that Sergio Puace, Vice President of the Argentine Chamber of Matarifes and Suppliers of Meat (Camya), He asked for the floor and stated: “It is not a thing of mine, I have the authorization of Camya to do so. All of us who make up this chain are some Unpresentable. We are talking about that there are no cows, that pregnant cows are slaughtered, so that they kill calves, of the kilo of task, of the chip but Nobody says that we have an Institute for the Promotion of Argentine Beef (IPCVA) that is charging producers, refrigerators and killifes a lot of silver to promote meat abroad and we have no cattle. So what are we doing? We are promoting a product that we do not have and the problem is in production. ”Sergio Puace, vice president of Camya, who questioned the work of the iPcvaante that statement several of those present “They went to smoke.” One of them was Coninagro's representative, Gonzalo Álvarez Maldonado, who rebuked him that he was totally wrong and that it was not the place to talk about that punctual issue. “What are you talking about? If before in Argentina we ate 60 kilos and now only 40. It is useless, it is a travel and event agency, ”replied like its part, by its part, Franco Brunetti, of Union of the Argentine Carnica Industry (UNICA) Salta, He stressed: “I always said the same and I still say it: Exporters and producers who produce animals for export are those that must handle the IPCVA and are the ones that the institute must finance because it is a profit for them to be able to develop the markets. Consumption is handled alone, does not have to pay in its feeding cost a subsidy to a sector that does not correspond to it ”.Today, Each farmer pays about $ 834 per animal slaughtered, goes to the domestic market or export; While the industry, both export refrigerators and consumers, pays $ 375. It was last December that the IPCVA Representatives Council established new values: In 2023 the producers already paid $ 676 per animal slaughtered.Daniel Urcía, Mario Ravettino, Juan Pazo, Jorge Grimberg and Carlos Odriozola in the Sial of Paris last yearipcva to calm the waters, immediately, immediately, Daniel Urcía, President of the Federation of the Regional Refrigeration Industry of the Argentine Republic (FIFRA) and counselor of the IPcva, He called a vote to know who agreed with the IPCVA and who did not. “From what I see 16 to 1 [a favor]″, He said after a vote where all the concurrent ones were not pronounced, which were 28. Then the meeting continued in tense peace and other issues of the avian and pig chain were touched. The nation, He recognized the discussion about the IPCVA. For his part, Urcía admitted the difference that was generated at the meeting: “A large majority agree that the IPCVA is a tool that works and has given results over 20 years. Raised this situation, I said that it was an issue that was not in the agenda, which did not give for debate and that You had to cut it with rennet. With the exception of Camya, the unanimous position of the table was that the IPCVA serves and that You have to ratify it. ”In this context, Camya, it is worth remembering, last November sent a letter to Federico Sturzenegger, Minister of deregulation and transformation of the State, to put into consideration the dissolution of the IPCVA or that it is a voluntary contribution entity, since for its “Ineficacia has proven to be a white elephant in terms of costs and results.”The IPCVA participated in the Sial in Paris with a standipvca “while our mandatory contributions maintain an inefficient bureaucratic structure, the Real benefits for killifes and suppliers are null. In a globalized market, Producers should have the freedom to choose how and where to promote their products without the interference of a private/state agency ”, They said in the letter. “It is estimated that the 44.5% of the slaughtered heads between January and September 2024 correspond to the activity of killifes and suppliers. In this way, it can be stated that 14% of the funds that finance the IPCVA come from the activity of the Matarifes. The contribution of the Matarifes between January and September 2024 amounted to $ 1705 million ”, They added. They said last “The only way to move forward is through true deregulation and the elimination of state interventions that slow growth and innovation today.”It is not the First cry which appears in the meat chain against the IPCVA. Last May, the National Deputy Sergio Acevedo presented a bill to repeal law 25,507, which created the institute and thus dissolve this entity. Among the reasons, the legislator said: “It is a Incorrect allocation of public resources. It is necessary to end This inadequate policy of assigning resources to groups that constitute, in many opportunities, pressure or defense groups. ” Finally the initiative was not treated in the enclosure. To the beginning of January, the Rural Societies of Jesús María and Río Cuarto They had demonstrated against the fee of the canon for the body. “In a context of extreme difficulty, leaving a long drought process and with costs that do not stop rising, the review of the accounts becomes inevitable. And then, each expense must fully justify its functionality and utility in the business to sustain.Is it necessary for each farmer to resigne $ 834 for each animal that has a spear destination? So that? What does it receive in return? ” The entity said in a statement. “Before claiming an increase in mandatory contribution, It should give a finished explanation of the reasons, the detailed use made of that important collection And finally, how does it return to the thousands of contributors from all over the country, why only the farmers must sustain the union structure through this expensive contribution? The context forces us to review many things that have been given for a long time, and not only in politics ”, He added. A producer of the South Cordoba who preferred to protect his name, although he rescues the promotion of the meat, he agreed that “the only thing to do to the farmer is to take money that does not return.” “We are holding 65% of the contribution of the IPCVA . That is the base approach. In the national trade entities the issue is not touched because everyone receives part of that contribution. This IPCVA that stands in all countries with the silver of producers no longer has livelihood because our contribution does not spill on us. Let's not be naive. You have to sincere and Sturzenegger has it in folder ”, toldAccording to The criteria of