The other large window of the Rurale: the central dining room

During the ten days of exhibition in Palermo, the Rural’s central dining room is its other large showcase or the one that complements the pavilions where the specimens with the best genetics of the continent’s cattle are exhibited.

There are no more hats, nor the classic loden, nor luxury watches in an Argentina that in crisis forces you to leave ostentatious side

Tables are reserved with in advance and there are groups that have been designating them in the same location for years, Even if I change dealer. This is the case of the Werthein, the Colombras, the Eurnekians, managers of Irsa, also a member of the company that manages La Rural, the Gancia family, the Born, Gutiérrez, Gusmán, Bustillo, just to name a few.

In those days, the meeting of the Group of Six took place, made up of the Stock Exchange, Banks, the Rural, the UIA and the Chambers of Construction and Commerce. There they settle establish courses of action as has happened in these days of great uncertainty in which the opinions of top management seemed to be traced.

The dining room is also test for politiciansI know they can happen unnoticed as it happened days ago to María Eugenia Vidal or to be a lot applauded like Patricia Bullrich who yesterday drew with those dedicated to Nicolás Pino after her hard speech. Bullrich was barely allowed to eat between a selfie request and a handshake as she had lunch with Teresa González Fernández and Daniel Sabsay.

Mauricio Macri was received days ago with lukewarmness. The former president noticed this and then went around several tables for one last round of applause.

The arrival of Massa was the subject of obligation these days. An Angus cabañero, who asked for his name to be reserved, surprised us at one of the tables. “He will have no coordination problems, we will have to see his political capabilities in order to carry out the adjustment required by the market. To his credit, he has many links with the business world here and abroad. “

Jorge Srodek, a major producer from southwestern Buenos Aires, released: “You have a few days to show your power and with the field an opportunity opens up, it can improve the relationship. It is not easy because on the other side there is Cristina who keeps the key resources of the Government. In what was a long table of producers, some joked about it More than Massa, Messi is needed.

Others, such as former ambassador Ramón Puerta, have highlighted the social and political tension they will face within the ruling party. Puerta set out a simple plan to turn subsidies into jobs. He confessed that Macri He had it close at hand and dared not.

And in what was already a reality, Máximo Russ, the shepherd and president of the Holando Argentina breed, leader in dairy farming, explained why they were absent this year and for the first time from the Rural. “Sending an Argentine holandada to Palermo costs between $ 250,000 and $ 300,000 and at auction the prices do not exceed 350,000 pesos per copy. Rather a symbol of the situation of the dairies. By way of comparison, beef breed champions start at $ 10 million in their auctions.