Silver Sea-. Yesterday, on the first day of A Todo Trigo 2022 Congress in this city, For the company Bioceres it was not another day. The news that the government has approved the marketing of drought-resistant HB4 wheat varieties has delighted the members of the firm. Who participated in the event.

Although measured by the agitation caused by the event in the chain, who could not see such a decision in good faith, Company director Claudio Dunant could not hide a smile on his face.

The Australian thing (One of the largest wheat producers in the world, which a few days ago confirmed its transgenic phenomenon in flour) and “Today (yesterday) published in the official newspaper is very good for us,” he said. It should be noted that the company has already approved HB4 wheat flour for consumption by a joint unit in Brazil, Colombia and Australia-New Zealand.

Now the sheet Technology event route for the company For the next 12 months he is in Indonesia, where he has already made a presentation, but They maintain expectations for South Africa, Bolivia, the Philippines and Vietnam, among other markets.

But most novels in a short time it is In the coming weeks, they will launch a branded product in the Argentine market, which, although they have not said what it is, will specifically say that it is made with HB4.

Dunan, on the other hand, argued this “Brazilians want to have HB4 to produce because it will lead to more production and less import demand.

“We also hope to give you news about it within 12 months. Today is a very good reception in this country. There is a synergy between the various approvals. “In the United States, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (SBA) also rates consumption, although it is not an importer, but its approval means market valuation,” he said.

In this context he noted that Australia’s approval is a ‘global stage’ And a huge impact “Because it is one of the most sophisticated markets in terms of regulation, which states that HB4 is permitted for human consumption.”

“This is a paradigm shift. “In addition, we bought a company in Australia to start developing HB4 wheat varieties in that country,” he said.

With respect to The denial expressed by most of the chain on this issue, To express That it is necessary to get out of this generalization, which the customer does not want, “you have to double-click”.

“Every innovation provokes a certain reaction, it has always been the same. While there is a market segment that does not like transgender people, these are the same people who do not agree with agrochemicals, this is a segment of no more than 30%, ie. There is 70 to 80% of the market where you can work. ” Persuaded.

He also noted that beyond the authorization of the varieties approved by the government yesterday, The company has already determined that it intends to continue producing HB4 with a preserved identity as in previous campaigns.

“For a variety of reasons, we need to continue to generate the value proposition that our technology represents: it is wheat that has less environmental impact, it performs better in more marginal areas, and we need to provide that to the end user. It is absolutely key, especially since it is not yet deregulated in the markets that are important. We do this to also reduce the risk of being accidentally chained. He explained.

Even though the industry calls it pollution, they prefer to call it that Random presence Which means “the sudden emergence of something other than the desired crop, including small quantities of weed seeds, other crop seeds, soil, insects, or foreign matter (such as plastic or stone).”

The program he is implementing is Approximately 55,000 hectares of contract farming with producers, where they provide seeds and own production; With a preserved identity and practice to keep this production confined to where, among other things, there are special work combine harvesters and stored in silo bags identified by GPS and insurance.

“The only one who can sell this wheat is Bioceres. Everything is very safe and in order to be there by chance, it has to be something purposeful, almost criminal. The system works, there was no risk and we are going to repeat it. If this happened and we had a disaster, today we have markets where we can renegotiate and rebuild without affecting the price. Described.

“When these markets are open in Southeast Asia, it will open the door for us to start thinking about increasing the area. Or run it differently, but for now we are going to protect it, ”he added.

Finally this he said today The difference in prices in the wheat market today is not related to the accidental existence of transgenic wheat. “We are also talking about a very low probability. A very questionable scenario. It is not worth focusing on discussing this. “ Is over.