• Organized the technical tour to Uruguay, 2-4 March. The INIA experimental station at La Estanzuela was visited, where the Director of the Institution Ing. Agr. Enrique Fernandez and the Director of the National Program for Dryland Crops, Sergio Serreta, gave an introduction to the background and activities INIA. Soybean trials were also visited at the locations Dolores and Young, and members participated in the dissertation of Sr. Miguel Carballal, the UPSID President, Mr José Silva, manager of technical relations for INIA who spoke on “The technical business of INIA”, and Joaquín Ponce de León, about the history of the soybean crop in Uruguay, the Uruguay production system and the future of the crop in the country. Finally, Ignacio Rizzo, URUPOV manager, presented the legal regulation of the seed commercialization, the value-capture system for wheat and soybean seed, and Barraca J. Erro Company presented an overview of the company, its logistics, commercialization, and soybean export in Uruguay.
  • The Technical Tour of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay took place from March 2 to 4, 2010. The INIA La Estanzuela was visited, where the Ings. Agrs. Enrique Fernández, Director, and Sergio Cerretta, director of the National Seed Crops Program, informed us about INIA; its composition, structure, financing and research programs. On this occasion, INIA trials of soybean varieties and the national evaluation of summer cultivars and various trials of soybean varieties in the Dolores and Young localities were visited and lectures by Mr. Miguel Carballal, president of UPSID, were held. Mr. José Silva, Manager of Technological Linkage of Inia, with "Technological Business Management of Inia", by Joaquín Ponce de León on the history of soy in Uruguay and his opinions about the Uruguayan productive system and its potential for agriculture and Ignacio Rizzo, URUPOV manager, about the legal framework for the commercialization of seeds, the characteristics of their reserve for their own use, the value capture system for wheat and soybeans, how it is controlled and how it is sanctioned to producers do not comply with the law in the ROU and the company Barraca j. Erro that exposed aspects of the company, logistics, marketing and export of soybeans in Uruguay.