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By DANIEL ZENTENO, La Razon:

CAO blames the Government for the country’s economic crisis

The agricultural sector in Santa Cruz denounces that diesel lines still exist and that supply remains irregular in rural provinces and remote municipalities.

CAO President Klaus Frerking at a press conference.

Amid accusations by authorities against productive sectors such as cattle ranchers and dairy farmers, the Eastern Agricultural Chamber (CAO) stated that the only one responsible for the economic crisis is the Government, not secondary actors as some ministers and vice-ministers suggest.

“The Government is solely responsible for what is happening in the country. If we are in an economic crisis, it is the one that has to solve it,” said Klaus Frerking, CAO president, at a press conference.

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The statements from the Santa Cruz agricultural leader come in response to the Government blaming cattle ranchers for the rise in beef prices, while also ignoring demands from the dairy sector to increase their profits in line with the current reality of high production costs.

However, he also noted that the agricultural sector can help solve the economic crisis, but this requires coordination and joint efforts. Instead, the Government —he denounced— chooses to attack producers and maintain the ban on meat exports.

“Patchwork solutions are of no use right now, because as agricultural producers, we need to plan annually or biannually, and for an animal like cattle, we need at least 24 months before it’s ready for slaughter,” Frerking protested.

In his view, the Government’s solutions are temporary, and at any moment they take unexpected measures, such as closing markets —as is happening with meat and soy— or fuel shortages return.

Regarding this, Frerking denounced that the diesel shortage continues, especially in the most remote provinces.

“What’s happening is that producers are more concerned about which gas station line they can get into than about how to be more efficient,” he lamented.

According to the CAO president, as long as the lines persist, the sector remains in a precarious situation, as diesel is “the lifeblood” of producers.

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