Patagonian sheep breeders demand new "wool dollar"

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Federaciones rurales de Chubut piden un "dólar lana" - El Chubut

Resulta enojoso y discriminatorio, que se inventen tipos de cambio para determinadas producciones y se postergue o ignore a otras, con iguales o mayores problemas económicos y financieros , reclamó la Federación Chubutense de Sociedades Rurales.

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Productores ganaderos patagónicos reclaman un “dólar lana”

Las Federaciones de Sociedades Rurales de Chubut, Santa Cruz y Río Negro hicieron un fuerte pronunciamiento conjunto en el que advierten los perjuicios para el sector a raíz del retraso cambiario, …

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Both run through Google, the usual deal when I post these; click the link, you will initially see the story in Spanish, but it will switch to English in a few seconds.

Because, God knows, what Argentina desperately needs right now is another exchange rate.

 

[elhombresinnombre]

It's not December 28th already, is it?

 

[Monkey King]

 

[Redpossum]

Monkey King, I don't mean to be rude, but I reject your observation emphatically and energetically. I will overlook the sneering, condescending tone of your comment, and instead just address the substance of it.

What you say about international values may be true, I don't know. But this first article below makes it clear that the industry is far from dead, and the second one offers an interesting alternate view, one not even involving sheep. The industry is not dead, by any means.

Annual Argentinian Wool Statistics for season 2019/2020 published

The Federation of Argentinian Wool published its 2019/2020 annual wool statistics providing an overview about sheep and wool production.

fuhrmann-argentina.com

Argentina’s Textile Crusader - Guanaco Wool | Craftsmanship Magazine

Meet Adriana Marina, who aims to popularize guanaco wool as an alternative to better-known textiles like merino.

craftsmanship.net

And if Australia is your benchmark, here's an article about Agentine wool in an AU trade publication -

Argentine wool clip - Mecardo

Following on from last week’s article which looked at the South African merino clip, this article takes a look at the Argentine wool clip.

mecardo.com.au

 

[Monkey King]

Monkey King, I don't mean to be rude, but I reject your observation emphatically and energetically. I will overlook the sneering, condescending tone of your comment, and instead just address the substance of it.

What you say about international values may be true, I don't know. But this first article below makes it clear that the industry is far from dead, and the second one offers an interesting alternate view, one not even involving sheep. The industry is not dead, by any means.

Annual Argentinian Wool Statistics for season 2019/2020 published

The Federation of Argentinian Wool published its 2019/2020 annual wool statistics providing an overview about sheep and wool production.

fuhrmann-argentina.com

Argentina’s Textile Crusader - Guanaco Wool | Craftsmanship Magazine

Meet Adriana Marina, who aims to popularize guanaco wool as an alternative to better-known textiles like merino.

craftsmanship.net

And if Australia is your benchmark, here's an article about Agentine wool in an AU trade publication -

Argentine wool clip - Mecardo

Following on from last week’s article which looked at the South African merino clip, this article takes a look at the Argentine wool clip.

mecardo.com.au

I already retracted my statement 15mins ago. However, these statistics are on production, not consumption or market demand.
My sneering, condescending tone comes from a deep unhappiness of how the wool industries have turned to custard over one generation.

 

[Redpossum]

I already retracted my statement 15mins ago. However, these statistics are on production, not consumption or market demand.
My sneering, condescending tone comes from a deep unhappiness of how the wool industries have turned to custard over one generation.

OK, OK, understood and forgiven.
The world as it exists today can do that to any of us, to all of us. The circumstances of our lives are changed and destroyed by decisions made far away, by men in fancy suits who don't even think of us as human. This is globalization, and it is the hazard of international trade.

One thing that frustrates me horribly about Argentina is the acceptance of its role as a source of cheap raw materials and a market for exports.

There was a time when Argentina had textile mills, but now the best of the wool is all exported. It's the same in every industry; local efforts to develop ways of using the raw materials here and producing the products here are destroyed as soon as they begin to grow. But trying to talk about that in these forums is like pissing into the wind.

 

[sts7049]

Argentina’s Textile Crusader - Guanaco Wool | Craftsmanship Magazine

Meet Adriana Marina, who aims to popularize guanaco wool as an alternative to better-known textiles like merino.

craftsmanship.net

this was a good read, thanks for sharing. it really is a shame that so much potential here is wasted away to mismanagement and bad policy. this is another good example.