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The first shorthorn bull arrived in the 1820s. Hereford cattle followed in 1862, Aberdeen Angus in the 1870s, and Holstein-Friesian cattle in 1880, which led to the development of the Holando-Argentino. [2] Argentina was seen as particularly suitable for cattle ranching and by 1920 it was the most important beef-producing country in the world.
Railway building within Argentina and the invention of refrigerated trains and ships in the late 19th century made an export market and Argentina's beef export industry started to thrive. [4] From 1864 to 1888, the number of cattle in Argentina increased from just over 10 million to nearly 23 million. [4]
Agriculture is one of the bases of Argentina's economy. Argentine agriculture is relatively capital intensive, providing about 7% of all employment as of 2013, [ 1 ] and, even during its period of dominance around 1900, accounting for no more than a third of all labor. [ 2 ]
Agricultural colonies in Argentina were a demographically and economically important part of the evolution of the country. The Argentine government, faced with large areas of fertile land that were unpopulated or settled by aboriginal tribes (unassimilated and considered undesirable for progress), encouraged European immigration , welcoming ...
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Wildfires have burned through 40,000 hectares (400 square kilometers) of Argentina's central farming region of Cordoba, according to officials, leaving charred cattle, houses, forests and fields ...
In Chile, sheep farming expanded from the Strait of Magellan to the area around Última Esperanza Sound where in 1893 that the first estancia was established. [11] Attempts to establish a cattle farming business by entrepreneur Daniel Cruz Ramírez around 1899 in Muñoz Gamero Peninsula failed given the humid climate and swampy terrain. [12]
An estancia in Argentine Patagonia near the Andes.. An estancia or estância is a large, private plot of land used for farming or raising cattle or sheep. Estancias are located in the southern South American grasslands of Chilean and Argentine Patagonia, while the pampas, have historically been estates used to raise livestock, such as cattle or sheep.