Overview
- The 45th Fiesta Nacional de la Ganadería began Saturday with the Día de Campo at Agropecuaria Los Huarpes in Soitué Sur, where producers showed irrigated grazing with pressurized pivots powered by solar energy.
- Germán Herrada of the General Alvear Chamber of Commerce said he will ask the governor to advance the continuity of National Route 188 and pitched toll-backed financing with outside investors rather than tapping provincial compensation funds.
- He argued the road would speed access to the Pehuenche crossing and the northern area of Vaca Muerta while Route 151 remains in poor condition, framing the link as a regional trade corridor.
- Agustín Fernández announced a program to equip off‑grid rural posts with solar kits, saying the technical design is ready and launch depends on financing to let producers buy the systems in installments.
- Senior officials, including the vice governor and key ministers, backed the event and criticized San Rafael’s call to elect a charter convention as the province pursues court action and a constitutional path for municipal autonomy; they also highlighted export demand and cited the Monte Comán–La Horqueta aqueduct’s gains for producers.