smile. It is the happiness that he possesses because of being able to be there for what he calls the World Livestock Championships. Tuesday, May 24, at 18:45 and coming from the bottom of La Rural’s yellow pavilion. Gustavo Salvini, An 81-year-old producer who has struggled since childhood to fulfill a dream: to have his own farm. To that end, he sold Nuga on the street, made shoes, and got into business. Until perseverance and effort allowed him to establish a shoe distributor in Mataderos, where he was born in 1940. In 1997, as a result of his efforts, he managed the first 540 hectares. Where he began assembling a cow rodeo, for which he received several national awards.

In Dozens of Angus breed ranchers in Palermo celebrate the centenary of their founding in Argentina. Among them is Gustavo, a passionate breeder who, at the age of 60, was able to fulfill a dream he wanted with his nine siblings when they were working in their youth to bring bread to the table. From the bottom of La Angelita’s cabin box and in the middle of deafening music noise, With a smile on his face, his wife appears with Norma to take the necessary photos and talk later ᲔᲠᲘ.

On her neck she wears a blue handkerchief with a barrette, an ancient item that closes the garment and matches her everyday attire. Is your only one Touch Camp. Gustavo, an avid fan of Nueva Chicago, is one of the few attendees to wear a headscarf, and this, at first glance, sets him apart from the rest: He disguises himself among many other livestock entrepreneurs who are looking forward to their turn at this year’s opening cocktail.. He is happy, he says, because in his debut in this edition, La Angelita won three major prizes that have taken decades for historical breeders.

“He touches the sky with your hands. There are cabins 100 years ago that started with the emergence of variety and I am proud that today it is my turn. “, He assures us. The man started a ranch business with general cows, and over time, thanks to the momentum of an auction in Palermo, he was able to buy many 11 copies on a bank loan: that was just the beginning. Pure controlled inheritance. “Since then we started coming to the exhibition, where we competed in perennials and root cabins, because there were people who knew a lot more than us, who practically made our first presentations. We improved, studied, and integrated genetics. If you have good bulls and good genetics, you will go the detour. Rodeo assembly costs from 10 to 15 years. Is not easy “, Explain.

In 2021, La Angelita – which bears the name of the mother of nine siblings – also had an outstanding performance in Tandil. At this time came the “Champions Trio”, a competition in which ranchers participate with three animals that have the same characteristics. Then, among all the booths, each competes with one of its own three, from which comes the “best individual sample”, which also won. “This year we decided to come to the centenary because it is historic, it looks like the Angus World Cup. I came with expectations, but not so much, ”he contextualizes. A few hours earlier in the day, La Angelita won the prizes for “Best Veal, Reserved Basic Veal (in Parties)” and won the second prize for “Calf Intermediate”. , We compete with others who are at least 80 years old. The competition is very tough and especially for people like us to get down and continue to grow. But, without haste and pause, we are going to achieve it. ” Tells.

The birth of a dream as a Nuga seller

Gustavo is well versed in the jargon of agriculture, even though he did not grow up in a proper country environment. Just a few memories that he cherished from his childhood in the neighborhood of Mataderos, where he was one of the “emperors” and the desire to move forward helps him. Regardless of age, he devotes time to another hobby: shoes. His homonymous distributor guaranteed that he would be able to get a bank loan in the late 90s to buy the land where La Angelita now resides.

“I have always liked the village, because I have worked in slaughterhouses since childhood, shepherding the army on the railway. Farm market. We could not. We are a big family, very humble. We were told that it was impossible to buy a field. “, To express. A smile of happiness is painted on one side of his face as he knows that life has given him revenge for what he deserved. It is he who has identified the projects he has wanted in life, with a desire for growth and success, but he also acknowledges that “Argentina is a blessed country” where goals can be achieved with effort, passion and dedication.

To get here he went a long way, which was attended only by his relatives. His first steps as an “entrepreneur” were in his teens when his father, a motorcyclist who made about 500 pesos a month, asked him to help him with the work. It was at this time that he heard him say that there was a wholesale trader in Liniers who was selling nougat And asked him if he dared to sell the houses and the street. As part of the family’s salary, they were able to buy 50 pieces of four boxes, which changed his vision of life. Every morning the tour started at Ezeiza Hospital, followed by General Paz, Timoteo Gordillo, In Rivadavia and Tellier, from where the 86th line bus departed. “I will not go home until I have sold the whole box I was taking 40 to 50 pesos every day. That’s how we fought those hard minutes of poverty. “We were happily poor, and we also had a good education,” he added. He and his siblings were lucky enough to raise several women whom he called “his three mothers” and who had a positive impact on his life.

At the age of 15 he found a job in a factory., Where he learned the shoe repair trade, which later helped him pave the way. The agility of the business allowed him to continue his business; For the first 20 years he made shoes until he established a distributor where they still sell flops, slippers and rubber boots wholesale. “In the 1980s, I moved from $ 1,000 a month to $ 1,000 a month in this blessed country.. “Sales were very good in 1981-1983 and I was able to acquire the space I have today,” he added.

In 1997, and thanks to the economic stimulus he had, his head a Click To arrive in unfamiliar territory. “I said to myself, ‘This is the moment.’ I went into the pool there and bought 540 acres in Caniuelas. We started planting trees, building cuttings, mills and water tanks. We put together the dynamics we needed for 6 to 7 years. We gave a percentage value to cows Pure heritage“But more about the structure of the field,” he said. Pedigree animals are controlled, in this case, by the Angus Association, where they keep a genealogical record. “It’s a passion because you go to bed and think about what to give the cow and you think about the calf that will be born. “It’s like a drug,” he said.

Today, La Angelita has about 500 animals; Of these, 200 are purebred controlled cows, about 100 are first-line ancestral planters And about 200 second-row cows. “We are very happy. For example, getting a prize here is like an artist doing a painting and winning a competition. For us, we have a passion for it,” added the businessman, who is adding more and more projects to his life as a “40-year-old boy.” I have, but I do not care because I do not know how long I am going to live, but until the last day of my life I want to do it with projects, otherwise life is meaningless. “I do not like walking on the square to kill ants,” he said. On the farm, he is assisted by two grandchildren, a son-in-law and four co-workers, who take refuge as if they were his children.

Dedicating yourself to the agricultural sector can often be time consuming for people who are not specialists or have never been involved in the field. In his case, he says, he applied to common sense, but the passion also carried him away. In the end, and in the noise of the people, he apologizes again and again for talking about him and his projects. “I speak with joy and not in vain, because what we have done is very beautiful. When we bought the field, there was nothing. It was a bare field and we improved it in many ways. Today we plant another embryonic plant, which has been established for years, but it is it that helps you in growth. “We are moving slowly, we are happy,” he said fervently.

Years and wisdom enable him to think briefly about the economic and social context that Argentina is going through and which has a strong impact on the agricultural sector. “You should not lose joy. I’m sorry we do not order ourselves because the big countries of the world like Germany, France or Canada have an order that we do not have.. The day we do that, we will improve a lot because we have a lot of poverty. We are the nursery of the poor! We have to order. “Leaders must give in to order and leadership, they do not comment on what the other person has done wrong, we leave it to those who think,” he synthesizes, while still disguising himself among his fellow friends.